{"id":60026,"date":"2024-07-01T10:03:37","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T10:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/07\/01\/kotex-denies-working-with-karen-nyamu-to-supply-free-tampons-to-schools\/"},"modified":"2024-07-01T10:03:37","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T10:03:37","slug":"kotex-denies-working-with-karen-nyamu-to-supply-free-tampons-to-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/kotex-denies-working-with-karen-nyamu-to-supply-free-tampons-to-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Kotex denies working with Karen Nyamu to supply free tampons to schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 1 \u2013 Sanitary towels manufacturer Kotex Kenya has rejected claims that it is eyeing to ink a partnership deal with Nominated Senator Karen Nyamu terming the allegations as fake.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Through a statement shared on Social media over the Weekend, the politician claimed that her team held a series of meetings with the company to negotiate how it will supply free tampons in schools particularly in slum areas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy foundation has had a series of meetings with Kotex Kenya to negotiate a good deal so that we supply free tampons in schools, particularly in our slums and I\u2019m so excited. I will be teaching girls in Nairobi how to use tampons,\u201d Nyamu said.<\/p>\n<p>The company however confirmed Nyamu\u2019s allegation as fake, denying holding any engagements with her team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKotex hereby confirms that no discussions or conversations have taken place with Karen Nyamu. Any assertions regarding a prospective partnership involving Kotex are entirely false,\u201d the company stated.<\/p>\n<p>The company promised not to engage in any political affiliations or endorsements as it continues its unwavering support of women\u2019s advancement across the nation.<\/p>\n<p>This follows insensitive comments made by the politician on pad taxation earlier proposed in the recently withdrawn Finance Bill 2024 in a conversation that sparked debate among Kenyans online.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 1 \u2013 Sanitary towels manufacturer Kotex Kenya has rejected claims that it is eyeing to ink a partnership deal with Nominated Senator Karen Nyamu terming the allegations as fake. Through a statement shared on Social media over the Weekend, the politician claimed that her team held a series of meetings with the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60026\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}