‘Free sanitary pads for Kenya schoolgirls

Schoolgirls in Kenya have to be provided with sanitary towels, under the amended Basic Education Act that has been signed into law by President Uhurru Kenyatta.

The news was announced on the president’s official website this afternoon

The Act was earlier amended by parliament to make it mandatory for the government to supply schoolgirls with sanitary towels.

This is a big win in the campaign to improve education for girls.

While the government has been giving sanitary towels to girls at some schools, others have not been getting them. Girls, therefore, miss school when they menstruate as they cannot afford to buy sanitary towels.

The new law will help ensure the girls continue with their education uninterrupted.