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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Waweru",
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        "legal_name": "Dennis Kariuki Waweru",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I promise to be brief. First, I want to support this Bill. A person does not cease to be a human being because he or she has been imprisoned. It is said that if you want to know a nation, you have to go inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but by how it treats its lowest cadre in the society. Kenyan prisons are more of punishment, retribution, disparagement and almost no effort whatsoever is put on rehabilitation. I am impressed by this Bill, first, because it protects the rights of a child. A child who is under four years has nothing to do with the imprisonment of either of the parent. The mother and the child in prison should be accorded all the rights and protection for the child to enjoy similar upbringing and rights like any other child in other environments. I am also impressed by the provision of medication and proper diet for those who are unwell and are imprisoned. That should be safeguarded. I have heard hon. ole Ntutu talking about visitation and trying to allude that we would not be having a fourth President if we did not have a visitation in Kapenguria. I am not sure of that, but it is a very important basic right for a prisoner to be accorded the necessary rights for visitation. Also, in case of persons with disability, it is important for us to have facilities to cater for the disabled. ."
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