ore leave for new mothers or is it too much?

Karen Kendi and Martha Mugi Career mothers for
exclusive breastfeeding campaign   Photo:Courtesy

Is a campaign for half working days post-maternity leave asking for too much? ANJELLAH OWINO talked to the two women behind the cause.

After four hours of sleep, Martha Mugi wakes up at 3.30am to prepare herself for work and to breastfeed her baby. She leaves at 6am to avoid the intense traffic on Nairobi’s Lang’ata Road and arrives at work one hour early. She leaves work at 5pm and gets home at 8pm, exhausted. She tries to nurse her son but her breasts have little milk.