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    "speaker_name": "Dr. Kibunguchy",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Health",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Enoch Wamalwa Kibunguchy",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand here to support this Motion and to congratulate my friend and colleague, Mr. Wamunyinyi, for having come up with this Motion at this time. I would like to tell the Mover that as he works towards coming out with a Bill that will eventually end up as an Act, that we are ready, as a Ministry, to put our technocrats in that field to work closely with him. This will enable us come up with a Bill that will stand the test of time. I will start off by saying that in out-patient practice throughout this country, it is estimated that 20 to 30 per cent of all the out-patients who go to our health facilities, be they Government, Mission or private, are suffering from one form or the other of psychological disorder. There are those patients who will go day in, day out, complaining of chronic Malaria. There are those who go with specifications that they have amoebiasis that cannot be treated. Others will say that they have Typhoid and have moved from hospital to hospital without getting cured. Those are the patients, more often than not, who will have some psychological disorders. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as we support this Motion, we would like to say that if we have these services widespread in our hospitals, we would be able to capture that 20 to 30 per cent of our patients who will not be put on treatment but otherwise, they will be offered psychological counselling. Hopefully, if we have well trained professionals, they will be able to come out of their psychological disorders. We are living in what many people have called the fast-lane. In this country, you will find - this has been shown time and again - that there are those people who live in abject poverty. That condition alone can predispose them to stress because they cannot be able to educate their children, get decent living or basic needs of life. Even the very rich - rich is relative - also suffer from stress because of trying very much to catch up with the next door neighbour. Maybe, they have a slightly better or latest Mercedes Benz vehicle and they would like to catch up with them. All those conditions that push towards people having stressful living will lead up to psychological disorders. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we also have many cases of drug and substance abuse in this country that more often than not lead to psychological disorders. Many cases, some have been cited in the print and electronic media; even in places we come from. Some have been mentioned in this House today, that bizarre events happen and you cannot just explain them. It is very hard to imagine why a grown up man can rape a one-day old girl. It is very difficult to imagine that and rationalise it. It is very difficult why some men move around with animals."
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