Johnson Arthur Sakaja

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 May 2021 in Senate: An officer who is dealing with mental health conditions loses five hours and thirty-six minutes a week compared to one-and-a-half hours of the non-depressed workers. It is something we need to look at. We do not need to shy away from it. We need to ensure this country focusses as much as it must on mental health. view
• 18 May 2021 in Senate: This Bill provides for the Cabinet Secretary who is in charge of health who before was called Minister. It aligns the provisions of 1993 Act to the current one that we have. It talks about the Director General of Health. We no longer call them mental hospitals but mental health facilities. A person suffering mental disorder is now referred to as a person suffering mental illness. It has the County Executive Committee Members (CECM) and brings in the aspects of devolution, which are extremely important as I said earlier because we devolved a lot of health issues. view
• 18 May 2021 in Senate: The provisions of the Bill are there for all of us to see. I do not need to go through all of them because I can see there are other two Members who want to contribute. I now see it is one, so I must continue. This House must never rise before it must rise. view
• 18 May 2021 in Senate: Clause 4 of the Bill states the purpose of the Bill, which is to- (a) promote the mental health and wellbeing of all persons, including reducing the incidences of mental illness; That is the preventive aspect we are talking about. (b) co-ordinate the prevention of mental illness, access to mental health care, treatment and rehabilitation services of persons with mental illness; (c) reduce the impact of mental illness, including the effects of stigma on individuals, family and the community; (d) promote recovery from mental illness and enhance rehabilitation and integration of persons with mental illness into the community; and (e) ... view
• 18 May 2021 in Senate: We must move from the Kenyan thinking that if somebody has a mental illness, they have gone mad. That is not what it is. All of us at one point or another deal with aspects of this. view
• 18 May 2021 in Senate: It is very good and I thank Sen. Kasanga for clearly outlining the obligations of both national and county governments in New Part 1A. The national Government provides the necessary resources for the provision of mental health care at the national referral health facilities which I think are four or five and then develops the standards. We need uniform standards to be applied throughout the counties on mental health facilities. We also need the right number of qualified health personnel, the ratio and equipment required. view
• 18 May 2021 in Senate: 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
• 18 May 2021 in Senate: I was able to see some specialized equipment that I am sure are not available in our hospitals. There are equipment which are there in private institutions. This cannot have served as an only-offer-the-rich. Every Kenyan needs this. view
• 18 May 2021 in Senate: Obligations of the county is to provide this care, treatment and rehabilitation within the county health facilities. Counties do not need to set up new facilities because there, we get into a discussion where they say they do not have the resources. view
• 18 May 2021 in Senate: Within the facilities as it is today, they need to provide that care. Counties which are more resourced can set up other facilities. There is also community based care and treatment of persons with mental illness. That is extremely important because we have many community health volunteers who are an asset. I do not see why many counties see them as a liability or a cost. In Nairobi, I have thousands of them. These are the ones who will tell you, “In this estate in Soweto, in this House, we have this issue. These children miss vaccine.” This is especially ... view