Sylvia Mueni Kasanga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 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: Kenyans are now fully awake and aware and they want to see something happening when it comes to mental health. It was part of the campaigns of this House and the voices of this House that moved the Government to have their first mental health conference, I remember in 2019. It is from that conference that the President gazetted a task force for mental health that went around collecting views from Kenyans on the status of mental health. They produced a good report, which I remember when we sat at the Ad hoc Committee of COVID-19, we had to insist ... 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: We have to approach it from the home level where we have a battalion of community health workers, psychologists and counsellors who are working at the home level and then we scale it up. This is because we do realize that if we handle it from the home level, and then integrate mental health with primary health care, there will be very little need for institutionalization. This is because we are dealing with issues as they arise rather than waiting until somebody has ailed so deeply and the mental health issue has become so severe that they will require hospitalization. ... 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: have ambassadors of mental health in this House. I am very proud that we can walk as leaders in this country and tell our fellow Kenyans that it is okay not to be okay. Let us not be afraid to speak on mental health issues. Let us begin to fight stigma as leaders, so that we can encourage the rest of our citizenry to come out and fight the stigma, reach out and get some help. I would like to remind Kenyans, especially during this time of COVID-19, and this is something we have to remind them as leaders. These ... view
• 18 May 2021 in Senate: Sorry, Madam Temporary Speaker. I move and I beg Sen. Sakaja to second. view
• 18 May 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. Let me thank Sen. Sakaja for seconding the Bill colourfully and Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve for adding her thoughts and insights. Generally, I thank this House for the support, and the Secretariat for the support they have given towards the Bill. I can comfortably say that the legal team that worked on this Bill need a commendation. They put together this Bill and it is one of the most comprehensive Bills, based on all the research that we had done and put together. Some of the issues that have been raised by Sen. Sakaja because of ... 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
• 11 May 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, I vote yes. view