Parliament of KenyaBillGovernance and public finance
The Breastfeeding Mothers Bill, 2024
16 Feb 2024Parliament bills
The brief
- Issued by
- National Assembly, SABINA W. CHEGE, Member of Parliament.
- Who it affects
- Mothers who may wish to breastfeed their children at the work place; breastfeeding employees; employers; persons travelling long distances in the accompaniment of babies; and counties.
- What changed
- Provides for the right of a mother to breastfeed freely or express milk for her infant; places an obligation on employers to provide lactation rooms and standards of such rooms; provides for baby changing tables and general offences; and gives the Cabinet Secretary power to make regulations.