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    "id": 1157467,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Farhiya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Farhiya Ali Haji",
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    "content": "I thank Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve for contributing to the Bill. She gave her views so passionately in terms of people who are living with mental issues. I thank Sen. Olekina for supporting the Bill, Senior Counsel, Sen. Omogeni, for discussing how people who are giving drugs to minors should be punished with a life sentence. Sen. Wetangula pointed out the fact that there are so many people with mental illness in this country. Sen. Seneta articulated the facts that there needs to be more diagnostic centers for mental health. I thank the National Assembly for prioritising this Bill. We are having economic challenges as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. As we are trying to recover, in comes the Ukraine-Russia crisis, which has caused an increase in oil prices. In addition to that, county governments are also adding to mental health issues because of pending bills. There are people who borrowed money and delivered services to counties but they are yet to be paid. Some of them had just enough to go by and then they lose all their money. Mind you they have loans to repay yet the monies are owed by county governments. That also results in a lot of mental issues. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I request Senators to pass this Bill as fast as possible, so that it can be enacted. I beg to reply."
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