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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Ombaka",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Christine Oduor Ombaka",
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    "content": "This Motion talks about programmes that go with those institutions. We have those programmes. People who suffer from various mental illnesses can access them so that they can be helped. That is my understanding of this Motion. It is programme based. We need more information on where the services can be found, once they are established. I support it. The people who are ill, suffering from stress, those who are anxious about issues, those who have psychological problems or generally mental illness will access the services so that they can healed. These programmes are good but they are too few or not well established in schools. Teachers are generally trained in psychology and on how to deal with people with problems. When it comes to teaching, they do not have enough time to counsel students. We see a lot of violence in schools, dormitories being burnt and students attacking another school. The country is stressed with various problems. Everybody is stressed here. These services are very critical and necessary, but people do not know that they are available because nobody has told them. It is not only within the school context where these services are required for young people but also for married people. We have seen violence in families. We have witnessed people killing one another, for instance, a father killing his children together with the wife and the entire extended family. What we normally do is to arrest the perpetrators of violence, but nobody knows that even the perpetrator needs psychological treatment or counselling. We also need to give counselling services to families where violence takes place."
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