Kamuli- The Speaker of Parliament, Ms Rebecca Kadaga, has criticised officials of the Ministry of Education for failure to include in the Ministry’s budget the provision of sanitary towels to girl -children across the country.
Speaking in Kamuli last Saturday where she presided over the commissioning of Canaan Junior School, which was established with funding from an Australian-based charity organisation, Ms Kadaga said the provision of sanitary towels should be included under grants to Universal education.
“We as legislators have pushed for inclusion of menstrual hygiene management, but the Minister of Education will say the Finance ministry has no funds,” she said.
She added that the decision by Parliament was based on the realisation that issues evolving around menstrual hygiene account for more female school drop-outs since sanitary towels are out of the financial reach of many families.
The Kamuli Woman MP said she hopes there will be changes in the mindset of officials of the Ministry of Education especially now that First Lady Janet Museveni is heading the docket.
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