Mutula Kilonzo Jnr

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 May 2019 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this Report identifies several issues that were also captured in the Bill. These are: the right to best available care; the right to be treated with humanity and respect; the right to protection from economic, sexual and other forms of exploitation, physical abuse or degrading treatment and freedom from discrimination on grounds of mental illness. For example, you could be fired because you are perceived to be insane. There is also the right to community integration. Do we discriminate these people? There is also the right to legal representation. Do these people get legal representation in ... view
• 29 May 2019 in Senate: confidentiality; right to periodic review; right to liberty to persons suffering from mental illness and access to information. view
• 29 May 2019 in Senate: All these things are captured in the Bill, in Clauses 3(h), (f) (g) and (j). This Bill recognizes that even a person who is considered to be mentally ill has a right to representation, information; has civil and economic rights; and, has legal capacity to enter into some form of contractual relationships or dealings. We are just ensuring that this category of people - and I think they can be recognized as people who are either a minority or a group that is discriminated - ought to be offered all the rights that are in the Constitution. view
• 29 May 2019 in Senate: The Amendments are to ensure that under Article 43 of the Constitution, we have mental health facilities. Why does every county not have a mental health facility? I am not sure whether Sen. Kasanga has researched on this, but I am sure that I have not seen a mental hospital in Machakos, Kitui or Makueni Counties. Likewise, I have not heard of one in Taita-Taveta County. view
• 29 May 2019 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, should we not as a country say that every county must have a mental health facility? We are talking about funding. Sen. Kasanga mentioned the problem of human resource. The few people who are supposed to take care of the percentages I mentioned--- About 25 per cent of the people seeking healthcare in the country have mental health problems. Despite this, we have grossly under-funded mental healthcare and do not have trained manpower to handle mental patients. view
• 29 May 2019 in Senate: In my view, I wonder why we have not done this before. Sen. Kasanga has done her research and received assistance. Normally, our public hearings are poorly attended. In fact, when the previous Chair, Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki, mentioned that she was moving The Mental Health Bill, we all laughed. It is amazing that during public participation, Kenyans had more interest on The Mental Health (Amendment) Bill than The Division of Revenue Bill. The only people who had an interest in The Division of Revenue Bill were the stakeholders; the usual culprits and suspects who want more money and do less ... view
• 29 May 2019 in Senate: In conclusion, Sen. Kasanga has captured the following key issues in the Bill: (i) Strengthening the legal policy framework (ii) Integrating mental health into primary healthcare. The Nakuru County Level Five Hospital must have an elaborate mental health facility, being part and parcel of primary healthcare. In the next budget, we will be seeking conditional grants for all 47 counties, specifically for mental healthcare as part of primary healthcare. On reducing stigma, once we start referring to the people who have mental illness as those who are walking without clothes, how we reduce the stigma and discrimination? The electronic version ... view
• 29 May 2019 in Senate: On the issues of expanding financial and human resources, we want to know how much money the national Government, through the Ministry of Health, is putting into research and training of persons who are doing this very important work. We have a long way to go. However, I have read this, and we are going to make progress. view
• 29 May 2019 in Senate: In terms of world health standards, Kenyans through people such as Activist Omtatah are very informed. If one person was to pick the statistics I have here that show that there are Kenyans who are taking advantage of girls, who are considered mentally unfit or have issues, we would have a case for violation of the rights of Kenyans by the Government of the Republic of Kenya. The people who are in Mathari Mental Hospital have not been thrown away; they are Kenyans. They may not speak for themselves, but they are Kenyans and must be treated as such. view
• 29 May 2019 in Senate: Sen. Kasanga appreciates the Committee on health for the work they have done. I challenge them today on the Floor of the Senate to go to Mathari Mental Hospital and give us a report. We want to know the status of Mathari Mental Hospital, which is five kilometres away from the Senate of the Republic of Kenya. view