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    "id": 1050133,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I would like to support this Statement by Sen. (Dr.) Mbito. Since most of the things that I wanted to say have been said, I will just say only one thing. As leaders, we must be at the forefront fighting the stigma that is associated with mental health. Many people are suffering in silence because when people get flu, they rush to hospital. When they are injured, they go and see an orthopaedic surgeon. When they have any other kind of disease, they can confidently say to the public that I had flu. However, when someone has mental problems, they keep it to themselves. In most cases, it is because of the fear of the stigma that is associated with it. In fact, we need to desist, as politicians, from this behavior where when we disagree with someone, you say “This one belongs to Mathari” because it has become a social stigma. To be taken to Mathari Mental Hospital is meant to indicate that you are weak, useless or you do not deserve to be part and parcel of the society. I think we need to be the ones who are in the forefront preaching the possibility of having mental health facilities, at least to start with, in the seven or eight regions of the country, then move slowly to having them in every county. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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