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    "id": 452479,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mwaura",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Isaac Maigua Mwaura",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Chair, there is a difference between mental illness and psychosocial disability. There is a difference between mental capacity and legal capacity. In terms of international practice, I am referring to Article 12 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities which clearly recognizes that persons who fall under the ambit of this broad definition of mental condition, including persons with psychosocial disabilities - please note, not mental illness - will be deprived of their right to freely give consent. The import of my amendment, therefor, is to clarify that nobody has the capacity to just label anybody as having a mental condition. That will be the responsibility of a medical board. With regard to disability, which is part of the broader definition of mental 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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