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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in order to conform to the Constitution, Clause 35 of the Bill seeks to ensure that transfers within mental health facilities in the counties are undertaken by the County Executive Committees in charge of health. Right now, the Bill prescribes that just to move a mental health patient from one station to another, you have to come to the director here in Nairobi, which does not really make a lot of sense. The Bill seeks to amend Part 7 of the Act, to protect the right of property of persons with mental illness. Fellow Senators, you must look into the Bill. You have to read each of these clauses very carefully because I know there will be issues for debate. The Bill seeks to introduce an order of priority of persons who may apply to court for orders for management and administration of property of persons with mental illness. This has been abused world over. Estates of people with mental illnesses are abused and all sorts of people apply to become representatives of the person with the intention of abusing their property. That is an area that we must tighten as legislators. We must ensure that people who are suffering from mental illnesses are not taken advantage of even by their own family members. Under Part XII, Clause 31 (1) states that- ‗A manager who contravenes the provisions of this Part commits an offence and shall be liable, upon conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or a fine not exceeding two million shillings, or to both.‘"
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