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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Maj-Gen.) Nkaissery",
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        "legal_name": "Joseph Kasaine Ole Nkaissery",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I also stand to support this very important Bill. In doing so, I would like to thank the Mover for bringing this very timely Bill. It is, in fact, overdue. It is very important for the hon. Member to have brought this Bill. I have been with him, and I realise that he comes from a very difficult area, where there are very many problems. The principal object of this Bill is to establish a legal framework for training, registration and the practice of counselors, psychologists and physiotherapists in Kenya. Once this Bill becomes law, the Speaker will be in a position to employ a psychologist and a counsellor for this House; if you look at the so-called “Jubilee” side of the House, you will appreciate that they need a counsellor and a psychotherapist. As we say, this is a House of debate and law-making but there is nobody on the Government side of the House. I have just seen my friend, hon. Kamanda, and another lady just walking in. This is very unfortunate. When we are supposed to make laws, people are out there doing their own things. Therefore, we need a psychologist and a counsellor for the Members on the opposite side of the House, so that they can be told: “Naturally, this is what we are supposed to be doing.” If you look at the Memorandum of Objects and Reasons, you will appreciate that they have expanded the horizon. When we establish the proposed board and council, they will need to look into all the counties. The major hospitals in the counties should have counselors and psychologists to advise patients with various ailments. In 2007, we went through a very difficult time. In 1998, we went through a very difficult time following the bombing of the US Embassy here in Nairobi by terrorists. Last September, we went through a difficult time in this city. A lot of people have gone through psychological problems. Therefore, we need these bodies, so that this country can recover quickly from such tragedies. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, my friend, hon. Wamunyinyi, has done a tremendous job of bringing this Bill to the House, especially realising that where he comes from there are rain makers, who can also be psychologists. You know, the weather is becoming very erratic. We may need these guys. This is a part of the whole set-up. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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