🚨 WAKE UP, KENYA!
An employer who stops a working mother from breastfeeding her baby risks a KSh 1,000,000 fine, 1 year in jail, AND KSh 10,000 EVERY SINGLE DAY until they comply!
This is the Breastfeeding Mothers Bill, 2024, by Sabina Chege - and it’s about to change everything.
Right now, our sisters are forced to pump in dirty toilets, hide in cars, or stop breastfeeding completely just to keep their jobs. Some cry every day. Some lose their jobs. Some choose between milk for their baby and a paycheck.
Enough is enough.
Here’s what the Bill actually says:
Clauses 3 & 4: Employers MUST provide private, clean, ventilated lactation spaces with a fridge, sink, power outlets, lockable door and seating. Bathrooms and toilets are STRICTLY banned.
Clause 5: Mothers get reasonable paid breaks to breastfeed or express milk for babies up to 24 months.
Clause 6: Mothers can request flexible hours or assignments. If the boss says no, they must give written reasons within 14 days.
Clause 7: Zero discrimination based on pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding.
Clauses 8 & 9: Breastfeeding in public is fully protected and CANNOT be called an “indecent act.” Buildings with 50+ capacity must install baby-changing facilities.
Clause 10: The hammer - KSh 1 million fine / 1 year in jail + KSh 10,000 daily for every day they keep violating the law.
Honestly this is a bill worth supporting.
1/2 Today's dialogue asked an important question: How do we move from talking about young people to designing governance with them?
The answer lies in listening, inclusion and follow-through.
For the Commission, meaningful youth participation must reach those most likely to be left out—including young women, youth with disabilities, youth from minority and marginalised communities and young people facing economic and geographic barriers.