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    "id": 907666,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kasanga",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Sylvia Mueni Kasanga",
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    "content": "First, I asked for their support on the Bill, because lot of these issues of drug use and abuse are the leading causes of mental health. I was interested when they told me that one of the tasks of county governments is to licence liquor stores. They asked me whether I know where they take the money when they license these stores. This is because ideally, with such funds sitting somewhere, the first task to do is to have rehabilitation centres or have programmes to sensitize young people not to drink too much. I said this was interesting. As usual, we do not always read everything to the nitty-gritties. However, I thought this was good information and it was a starting point. I, therefore, hope that we will run a programme in Makueni. We can start in a small way amongst the youth and begin to see how we can put some of these issues of the Bill to actual effect, as we wait for the Bill to become law. Sen. (Dr.) Milgo and several other Senators talked about stigma. Fighting stigma is not that difficult when you think about it. When we start to talk about this issue, it ceases to be mysterious. The biggest challenge that we have is the issue of mystery, for example, the evil spirits that Sen. (Dr.) Kabaka alluded to. We do not understand what is happening to somebody when they speak suddenly and they have lost they mind. We, therefore, call them insane or mad. However, when we think about the fact that the person can be treated and that the illness is like a toothache, headache or malaria, suddenly it ceases to be mysterious. Speaking on this issue is the first thing. The second thing is how to deal with institutions like Mathari National Teaching and Referral Hospital, which the name itself has such a connotation that Kenyans do not like. Therefore, a bit of thought will go into that."
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