Farhiya Ali Haji

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1311 to 1320 of 1656.

• 11 Jun 2019 in Senate: seconded. view
• 11 Jun 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for allowing me to contribute to this important amendment Bill. I also thank Sen. Kasanga for sponsoring it. I am sure that all of us have either had a neighbour or someone who has been affected by mental illness. view
• 11 Jun 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for your protection. 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. view
• 11 Jun 2019 in Senate: Health is one of the devolved functions in our new Constitution. Therefore, we should also devolve mental illness facilities to counties so that people can have access to the care that they need in all the counties. Mental illness is compounded by drug abuse and alcohol. Therefore, unless we take care of the drug menace factor, we might reduce the impact but we will not manage this problem and give it the attention it deserves. This is an issue that should be of concern to this country because drug abuse is at the highest level now, even in areas where ... view
• 11 Jun 2019 in Senate: This same Bill talks about providing the necessary resources for mental healthcare and national referral facilities. It also talks about adoption of a comprehensive national strategy action plan and policies to promote realization of rights of persons with mental illness under Article 43 of the Constitution. It also talks about maintaining standards for health facilities. It is very important to have standards for mental health facilities. There should be minimum standards for each mental health facility. Sometimes people set up mental health facilities that do not even meet minimum standards. As a result, patients who are taken there end up ... view
• 11 Jun 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, we should also have--- view
• 11 Jun 2019 in Senate: Apologies, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I had not realized that there was change of Chair. Madam Temporary Speaker--- view
• 11 Jun 2019 in Senate: I apologize, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 11 Jun 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to talk about consent to treatment. That is provided in Clause 3B (1) which states that- “Every health care provider shall, where a person with mental illness is capable of making an informed decision on the need for treatment— (a) inform the person with mental illness of the person’s right to choose an appropriate form of treatment; and 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. view
• 11 Jun 2019 in Senate: (b) obtain the written consent of such person before administering any treatment.” Sometimes people with ill motives can misuse people with mental illnesses. We have cases of people with mental issues who say that they are not sick yet people want to lock them up. We should have professional assessment because sometimes people with mental issues have lucid periods. Sometimes they think coherently, but that does not mean that they can decide whether they should go for mental health treatment or not. So, we have to be careful. Some of us have lived with people with mental illnesses and are ... view