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    "id": 904873,
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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": "Those standards should be developed. We have to know the number of health professionals that are needed in a mental facility, the type and quantity of equipment required, the medication and methods of care. The county governments were not factored in the principal Bill, but will now take a central role in the provision of mental healthcare to patients. Clause 6 of the Bill also provides for the rights of persons with mental illness. It says that;- ‗Every person with mental illness has the right to— (a) fully participate in the affairs of the community and in any position suitable and based on the person‘s interests and capabilities.‘ They are not to be considered disabled in any way. We should always remember that disability is not inability. Mental health patients have a right to health services like any other Kenyan and have a right to consent to treatment. They should not be forced into treatment, but give consent before any treatment is undertaken. We have to treat them with dignity. Insurance companies have not been providing cover for mental health patients. This Bill seeks to ensure that mental health patients access medical insurance. The Kenya Board of Mental Health has not had representation at the local level for a long time. We are now working on a new constitutional dispensation that will allow the county governments to be represented in the Kenya Board of Mental Health. This Bill has outlined the role of that board. The KNCHR will now have representation in that board and that will help check if the decisions of that board abuse human rights. The Bill seeks to replace the district mental health councils with the county mental facilities. Clause 14 of the Bill makes provision for the management of mental health facilities at all levels. As we prepare budgets at the county level and national level, The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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