The Kenya Kwanza Alliance plans to provide free sanitary towels to all school going girls if elected during this year’s election.
The radical move that seeks to boost enrollment in schools will also see the Alliance implement a comprehensive return-to-school policy for teenage mothers.
Speaking today during the signing of the Kenya Kwanza Alliance Women’s Charter at Nyayo Stadium in Nairobi, Deputy President William Ruto said teenage mothers will also be automatic beneficiaries of Government bursary.
Ruto who is also the Kenya Kwanza Presidential Candidate pledged to double the amount of money allocated to school feeding plan “to double the number of beneficiaries to four million”.
In his commitment to ensuring that women are empowered economically, he said that Kshs 25 billion Hustler Fund will be ring-fenced towards women-owned enterprises.
He observed that the Kenya Kwanza Government will actualise Access to Government procurement Opportunities by ensuring that women-owned enterprises automatically qualify for LPO financing through the Hustler Fund.
He further undertook to realise the two-third gender principle within the first one year of the Kenya Kwanza Alliance Government by allocating 50% of Cabinet slots to women.