Sylvia Mueni Kasanga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 Jun 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it would be wonderful if we have more numbers, given how important this Bill is to the nation. 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: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have listened to every Senator who has spoken on this Bill. Frankly speaking, 30 minutes is not enough for me to reply. What I heard on the Floor of this House are heartfelt submissions on an issue that is affecting some personally; but mostly because leaders are concerned about the state of our nation today. It is true that there is no health without mental health. That is a fact. Today, mental health is a global issue. This Bill is not a re-invention of the wheel at all. We have drawn the issues from the ... view
• 11 Jun 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, when we started this, my Seconder, Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr., spoke from his heart. He gave his own personal account and set the stage for this conversation to happen. There is something that he said that I really appreciated; that they must insist to see the funds that are devolved for mental health funding. If they do that, as the Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget, we will have sound Kenyans. Therefore, county governments will have no choice but to have those funds in place and begin to institutionalize some of the programmes that we are ... view
• 11 Jun 2019 in Senate: First, I asked for their support on the Bill, because lot of these issues of drug use and abuse are the leading causes of mental health. I was interested when they told me that one of the tasks of county governments is to licence liquor stores. They asked me whether I know where they take the money when they license these stores. This is because ideally, with such funds sitting somewhere, the first task to do is to have rehabilitation centres or have programmes to sensitize young people not to drink too much. I said this was interesting. As usual, ... view
• 11 Jun 2019 in Senate: I have taken into account some of the things that Sen. Halake has said about institutionalization. Many Kenyans do not like if you mention Mathari National Teaching and Referral Hospital. In fact, one person told me that when you are taken there, it is like a death sentence because of the status of the institution. Institutionalization is an issue that is being discussed globally and we have to look for a different way of dealing with extreme mental cases. view
• 11 Jun 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Sen. Wetangula, who also spoke from his heart, had a few issues. He needed us to qualify what we mean by “sound mind.” view
• 11 Jun 2019 in Senate: Not in this case. view
• 11 Jun 2019 in Senate: Sen. Wetangula said that the sophistication of a society is judged by how it treats its minority, disadvantaged and the mentally ill. That is a powerful statement because we are not sophisticated as a country because we do not meet the cut at all. “Mad men” have become common that when we see them, we roll up our car windows. We do not think why we should live in such a progressive country when there 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, ... view
• 11 Jun 2019 in Senate: are people who are homeless and mentally unwell. It is a total breakdown and we have nothing to celebrate about. view
• 11 Jun 2019 in Senate: He talked about budgets, just as many other Senators did. He also mentioned about the constitution of the Board, which we have to consider during amendments. He said that we have to be careful not to put extremely top-heavy personnel. Instead, we should allow more representation of counties in the boards. view