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    "id": 904872,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Were",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13183,
        "legal_name": "Petronila Were Lokorio",
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    "content": "This Bill seeks to ensure mental health treatment at the county level. Since health is a devolved function, county governments have a duty to ensure that mental health issues are mainstreamed in the primary healthcare. As they adopt the Community Health Volunteers (CHVs) models of managing health, they should ensure that all levels of health facilities have a mental health unit. Mathari Hospital is the only referral hospital for mental illnesses. There is so much stigma such that people even threaten children that if they do anything wrong, they shall be taken there. The stigma associated with mental health makes it impossible for us to look at issues of mental health objectively. The Bill also seeks to ensure that national and county governments adopt a comprehensive national strategy and plans of action, so that we promote the rights of persons with mental illnesses. It also seeks to develop standards that must be maintained by mental health facilities, both at the county and national level."
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