{"id":904871,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/904871/?format=json","text_counter":403,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Were","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13183,"legal_name":"Petronila Were Lokorio","slug":"petronila-were-lokorio"},"content":"Traditionally, there have been various beliefs on mental health, such that anybody who exhibits any illness that we do not seem to understand is referred to as a mad person and is either locked up or tied on a tree or basically banished. Traditionally, they were even thrown into a forest to die there. Until recently, even transgender was considered a mental health issue. That means that it is not only in Kenya or Africa where mental health has been misunderstood, but the world over."}