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    "id": 604301,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/604301/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, I have Petition No. 30 of 2015 to present. The Petition relates to inadequacy and deplorable state of mental/psychiatric healthcare facilities in Kenya. Pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order No. 225(2)(b), I wish to convey to the House that I am in receipt of a petition signed by Elijah King'ori Gathima regarding the inadequate and deplorable state of mental health facilities in Kenya. The Petitioner is concerned that the Government has neglected the only public mental healthcare facility. That Parliament has continuously failed to allocate funds for the operations of the facility. The Petitioner contends that the entire country is served by Mathare Mental Hospital. He further states that mental wards located at the Level 5 hospitals are under-staffed and the accommodation infrastructure is inappropriate for psychiatric patients considering that many mental patients are suicidal. The Petitioner prays that the National Assembly, through the Departmental Committee on Health:- (i) Recommends establishment of more mental healthcare facilities in the country. 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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