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"speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve",
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"content": "There is need for resources to be put aside by the national Government to ensure that centres that will attend to people with mental illness are in place. If it is counselling, the counsellors need to be paid; they need to be in a payroll. There is need for a corroborated effort between the county governments and national Government to ensure that persons with mental illnesses are being cared for. When it comes to issues of mental illness, everyone is a candidate. You can lose a loved one and out of shock, you find yourself mentally affected. If that issue is not addressed, it can bring depression. If it brings depression, then it will lead to mental illness. There are Kenyans languishing in mental illness and have no one to help them. Some are excluded by their family, while others have lost their jobs. It is good that the Bill is coming out clearly on the insertion of rights of persons with mental illness. They need to have a right to education, clean water, shelter and highest attainable standards of health. Sometimes persons who have mental illnesses are abused sexually and in various other ways. There is need to sanction those who abuse persons who have mental illnesses. All human beings have basic needs. Psychologists have stated clearly the hierarchy needs. On level one, everyone needs a home, shelter, clothing and food. After that, everyone needs social security. When it comes to persons with mental health, some of them are insecure because they lose the social fabric that gives them protection from the state and their family. This Bill brings the state and families to account in ensuring they provide security to persons with mental illness."
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