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    "id": 1271583,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "I would wish that, apart from the question that Sen. Kibwana has brought, that this is a space that she takes keen interest in and lead us in seeing ways in which we can help our county governments. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the truth of the matter is that mental health facilities are in such scarce nature. We need them in each of our 47 counties. I have been to Mathare Mental Hospital many times because I had a childhood friend who would be admitted there on many occasions. Each time I visited; you could see the want in terms of support. The institution continues to suffer rundown with under-investment over the years. That was more than 10 or 20 years ago. I can imagine how it looks now and perhaps it is the only known public institution publicly. You can imagine what people have to do in the far-flung counties that many of us come from. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we need to have this conversation around the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) as we move towards its realization and its roll-out in all the 47 counties. This is a time that we need to question as we speak about the changing policy and investments that need to be done in our various referral hospitals in our counties; that at least some funds are set a side and that there is training and good facilities to take care of fellow Kenyans. This is something that I believe the Committee of Health - and if I am not mistaken Sen. Kibwana is a Member of that committee - can lead this Senate into pushing for that positive change from the Ministry of Health when they come to respond so that we know what is the long-term plan specifically for the country but more importantly for the individual counties that we represent in this House. Therefore, I hope that can be done. I thank you."
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