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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kihika",
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        "legal_name": "Susan Wakarura Kihika",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I also rise to support and from the bottom of my heart congratulate Sen. Kasanga for the work she has done in bringing this Bill. When she moved it, we were able to tell how much work she had done. She had met a lot of stakeholders and had really done her homework. The timing of the Bill is commendable. I believe at this point in time as a country, we are really facing a crisis. I am not sure if the crisis has been under-reported, probably, it is now being reported more. There is a problem. There is a problem. It is an area of health that has been neglected for a long time. I like what Sen. Kasanga said while moving the Bill; that we cannot have health without mental health. That is extremely fitting in the sense that when you look at the statistics, you see that one in four people in Kenya are likely to suffer from mental illness at some point in their lives. One in four is a quarter of the population. That is an extremely high number. We have mental illness affecting so many people in our population, but we do not have enough resources to do interventions necessary to address the mental illness issue. This is a crisis. Even when you talk about suicide in this country, statistics show that men are three times more likely than women to commit suicide. A lot has to do with the fact that women are more likely to talk about issues when they are affected by them and also seek help. Sometimes men are unable to do that because in our African culture, a man must be macho . When he is facing a crisis and needs help, it becomes hard for him to seek help. As a result, we have also seen a lot of men actually killing women or injuring them very severely. Yesternight in the news, we saw a woman who had been beaten to almost 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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