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    "id": 1463735,
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    "speaker_name": "Endebess, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I stand to support the Petition by Professor Atwoli, the professor of psychiatry. Attempted suicide is a mental illness. That being the case, it should not be criminalised. These are people who require psychological or psychiatric treatment. As the Committee looks into that, we have cases of judges and magistrates admitting patients to mental hospitals. For example, a judge would declare a patient be admitted to Mathare Mental Hospital and you wonder how the patient will be discharged after getting well. We have people who have stayed in Mathare Mental Hospital permanently which is a serious case. One even wonders who should pay the hospital bill. The Committee should ensure that it is a doctor who admits patients to mental hospitals. Once the patients are fit to stand trial, a doctor should discharge them before being taken back to court for trial and sentencing. A judge should not admit one to a mental hospital forever. There are many issues that the Committee will need to look into. If possible, they should invite Prof. Atwoli and the CEO of Mathare Mental Hospital. There are many issues that involve mental illnesses. I am also willing to appear before the Committee so that we can shed more light on that. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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