House now rejects leave for parents of adopted children

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Business Daily | by Edwin Mutai


Parliament has yielded to the President and deleted sections of a Bill that would have compelled employers to give leave to parents of adopted children or those born through surrogacy.

The National Assembly failed to marshall a two-thirds majority (233 lawmakers) to overturn the President’s memorandum to the Employment (Amendment) Bill, 2019 sponsored by Gilgil MP Martha Wangari.

The Bill sought to provide two months leave to mothers of a child born as a result of surrogacy and two weeks paternity leave to fathers…

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