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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Milgo",
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        "legal_name": "Milgo Alice Chepkorir",
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    "content": "To the highest attainable standard of health, which includes the right to health care services, including reproductive health care.” This Bill is very important particularly because it obligates the national Government to address the issue of accessibility to mental health hospitals. This will include issues of care, treatment and rehabilitation of the persons living with such problems. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, right now, our country has got major problems in terms of mental illness because of a number of issues. This Bill has come at the right time so as to address these issues. Most people have been affected as a result of lack of awareness by the people who are supposed to take action. Issues of stigma and discrimination have caused this problem to explode more. We are already having many problems in our country in terms of soaring poverty and other social setbacks such as unemployment. Recently, in my county, four youths committed suicide within a radius of only 200 square kilometres. Two of them left notes indicating that they felt that life was meaningless because they could not find any gainful employment. Another committed suicide because he could not cope with the stresses that he experienced in school. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have realised that as a result of all these issues of poverty and other major social setbacks, we have had youths taking drugs and eventually end up suffering from some kind of mental illnesses as a result of drug addiction. This 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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