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    "speaker_name": "The Member for Likoni (",
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    "content": "counselling services through the county governments in our constituencies, learning institutions, private sectors, and also in our public sectors, we could avoid all these things. There are people who have used hard drugs for a long time and have gone for rehabilitation. If they do not get counselling, they cannot get back their self-esteem. They cannot accept their position. We also need to complement rehabilitation with counselling services so that those people can go back to the society, gain confidence and become better citizens. We have also witnessed a lot of post-election conflicts in our country. There were tribal clashes where people from different communities killed each other. If there were no counselling services, there would be no cohesion. I can attest that even in my constituency, where there were the Kaya Bombo clashes, after those clashes, there were so many personnel who were brought to the constituency to offer some counselling, especially to the youth who were involved in the clashes. We need to have this service so that we can have conflict resolution and peace-building. I also want to agree that we need to work hard and come up with an amendment to the Mental Health Act. The condition of mental health centres in our country are wanting. We have very few mental health centres. In my county, we only have one at Port Reitz. The only centre we have does not have enough equipment or medical doctors. We have few resources such that those affected cannot get some counselling. If we can have some counselling centres, they can complement the services they are getting. We also have incurable diseases in our country, such as HIV/AIDS. For all those people to accept themselves and get back their self-esteem, they need a lot of counselling. It is high time we devolve those services."
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