Moses Masika Wetangula

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Apr 2022 in Senate: When you see a mother or father turn against their own offspring, that is a mental problem. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we have speeding motorists. I have said many times, for the last couple of years, that we should introduce mental checkup as part of the driver’s tests, especially those who drive public vehicles on public roads. Mr Temporary Speaker, Sir, how do you explain somebody driving a bus with 60 passengers and driving it in such a reckless and uncaring manner into a ravine and killing everybody including himself. That is a mental patient. However, we do not quite ... view
• 6 Apr 2022 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
• 6 Apr 2022 in Senate: We, therefore, need to test young people who we are recruiting into our armed forces. For society to trust you enough and give you a loaded gun to walk around with, without abusing it, we must be absolutely satisfied that the young person that is given an arm that is loaded can use it responsibly for defence and protection of society. We must first test them and know that they have the capacity, capability and restraint to carry that weapon. That is why these days, you see so and so was shot dead and upon asking what happened, you are ... view
• 6 Apr 2022 in Senate: He was a Whiteman with a mental case. We did not even appreciate that white men can also be mentally ill. People just sat quietly and waited until the fellow retired, yet the law says that if you have mental infirmity or incapacity, you should be relieved of your duties through a tribunal. Nobody set up a tribunal. The fellow remained mad on the bench mistreating everybody until he retired. That is something we went through. view
• 6 Apr 2022 in Senate: This Bill will provide a window to develop Mathari National Teaching and Referral Hospital into a proper national mental referral hospital. We need a mental hospital wing in each county referral hospital. Where possible, in a major county like Nairobi, in all the major suburbs where there are big hospitals like Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital, Shalom Group of Hospitals and other big hospitals, we need to have an active mental wing that can deal with all cases of inexplicable public rage that we see all over. view
• 6 Apr 2022 in Senate: Sometimes I see a young man walking up and down harassing motorists at every roundabout and people laugh. That is a mental patient. We should take him to Mathari National Teaching and Referral Hospital for checkup and treatment. We are used to it such that we think it is a norm. It is not a norm at all; it is an abnormality that we must deal with. view
• 6 Apr 2022 in Senate: Let me end by saying this. Counties that handle over 90 per cent of medical requirement in the country must live to their billing and take serious attention to mental health in Kenya because it is actually getting to a crisis. We are not paying enough attention to it. If we do not do that, we will soon have--- In our country, there are many young people, especially those in positions of responsibilities like Members of Parliament (MPs). You will see each one of them with a gun protruding at their waist, but their mental capacity has not been tested. ... view
• 6 Apr 2022 in Senate: Even the licensing authority that allows private individuals to own guns should test people properly and establish that they have sufficient mental restraint to carry a gun and never be tempted to use it unless you are completely under threat of your own life. view
• 6 Apr 2022 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
• 6 Apr 2022 in Senate: Otherwise, how can you lose an argument and use a gun in a bar? That is not a threat to your life and it can never be interpreted as such. view