First, legislation provides for a Kenya Board of Mental Health to oversee mental health services in the country. It is time for the Cabinet Secretary to make arrangements to appoint members to the Kenya Board of Mental Health and activate its budget so that Kenyans have a focal point for all mental health issues. Due to decades of neglect, we are in the midst of a mental health crisis. As we mark the Mental Health Awareness month, the government needs to take measures that will demonstrate that it values the mental health of its citizens. There can be no health without mental health.

Source: Daily Nation May 11, 2019 21:55 UTC