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    "id": 1078730,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1078730/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Murang’a CWR, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Sabina Chege",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 884,
        "legal_name": "Sabina Wanjiru Chege",
        "slug": "sabina-wanjiru-chege"
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    "content": "On our referral facilities, currently we have the Kenyatta National Hospital, the new Kenyatta University Hospital, Mathari Hospital and Spinal Injury. We had made a recommendation in this House that the Mathari Hospital becomes a semi-autonomous body together with the Spinal Injury. They have taken baby steps and finally the Mathari Hospital has actually become a Semi-Autonomous Government Agency (SAGA) with a budget. So, in this year’s Budget, we are looking at how we can improve the facility. A lot has to be done on the Mathari Hospital so that it can render services at the county level. Currently, mental health is not given the serious attention it requires in this country. We recommend to increase some money for Mathari Hospital, and we also recommend that we need to sort out the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government on the remandees who are normally taken to Mathari Hospital due to their mental status. This House even independent Members need to visit the Hospital to see how the remandees stay in Mathari Hospital. It is quite a pathetic situation. So, we recommend the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government to take up the matter and start funding. The remandees are damped there. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}