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    "id": 1193945,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kibwana",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Kibwana Kivutha",
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    "content": "in its “Mental Health and Wellbeing towards Happiness and National Prosperity” report; NOW THEREFORE, the Senate urges the Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Council of Governors to: (i) ensure that all county health facilities with maternity wings, allocate a separate ward for recovery for the mothers who have gone through still birth or those that have lost their babies during delivery; (ii) to facilitate continuous mental health training and the provision of counselling support in the perinatal wards for all primary care providers in all counties; (iii) establish counselling facilities at all county health facilities with maternity wings to provide counselling therapy to mothers who lose their children through a miscarriage, during delivery, or through still birth; and, (iv) establish counselling facilities at all county health facilities with maternity wings to provide counselling therapy to mothers who are suffering from perinatal and postpartum depression. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, my Motion is self-explanatory. Mothers have suffered a lot in terms of mental health. Article 43(1)(a) provides that every person has the right to the highest attained standard of health. Poor mental health in this country has been a silent problem. It is devastating to see a mother who has had a stillbirth or miscarriage, being put in the same room with a mother who has given birth. You can imagine one mother is breastfeeding while the other one has lost a baby. It is unfortunate that we do not have separate facilities for such mothers."
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