President Uhuru Kenyatta has legalized the distribution of sanitary pads to school going children.
It is part of the wider plan by the government to limit absenteeism among girls when undergoing monthly periods.
On Wednesday President Uhuru Kenyatta signed the Basic Education Amendment Act into law, meaning all school-going girls will receive free sanitary pads from the government.
The Act was earlier amended by parliament to make it mandatory for the government to supply schoolgirls with the towels.
The law places the responsibility of providing free, sufficient and quality sanitary towels on the government in order to reduce the number of girls missing school during their menstrual cycle.The government is compelled to provide a safe and environmentally sound mechanism for disposal of the sanitary towels.