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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Makueni, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Suzanne Kiamba",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I wish to add my voice to this important Motion that was brought by Hon. Mishi Mboko. It is timely. We realise that mental health attacks the brain which is the engine of the body. This means if we do not address issues that affect the engine of the body, then it is going to result into very many problems including social, economic and even spiritual ones. This policy that Hon. Mboko is proposing is very important. If we have a policy that spells out or mainstreams issues of mental health from national to county levels, it will help us to identify mental health as a problem. If you look at Kenya today, in most communities, issues of mental health are perceived as curses. If most people come across people suffering from mental health problems, they think it is contagious. They do not want to touch or give them first aid. Such a policy will help us, as a county, recognise the fact that this is a disease like any other. We can have interventions to address it as many Members of Parliament have suggested. The policy will also enable us allocate resources to train the expected personnel. Not just training of the technical team, but also sensitising people so that communities can do away with stigmatisation. Stigmatisation is so rampant such that very few people identify mental health as a disease. If it is exhibited in a family, most of the communities 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."
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