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    "id": 1192230,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1192230/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Shakila Abdalla",
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        "legal_name": "Shakila Abdalla",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to support this Motion that is before the House. I congratulate Sen. Kibwana for this timely Motion. Kenya is suffering because Kenyans are going through a lot. Such issues affect the mental health status of many Kenyans; a majority of whom are quiet and suffering in silence. Mental health for mothers is a very important issue, which needs to be looked into deeply. The state of mental health facilities in this country is wanting. There is a big shortage of mental health facilities. If you go to Mathare or Port Reitz hospitals, you will be shocked at the state of those facilities. I personally have a sick family member whom we have been taking to Mathare and Port Reitz hospitals. Every time he goes to those hospitals, he gets out worse than when we took him in there because of the poor state of those facilities. It is high time that all the counties have psychiatric doctors. The wards in the hospitals should cater for the patients with mental disorders because it is a disease like any other and a growing concern in the country. We need to have specialists who can treat mental disorders countrywide. The counties should ensure that they can treat the mental health related disorders in their counties. This is to ensure that they cater for these diseases in their counties and that we are here to serve all the sick people equally. The psychiatrists are very expensive. You are sometimes forced to take your patient to a private doctor who charges almost Kshs10,000 for consultation only before buying medication."
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