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"speaker_name": "Tharaka, DP",
"speaker_title": "Hon. George Gitonga",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Allow me to comment on the first Petition. Let us, as a country, not lose it to our colonial masters who used to treat prisoners possibly better than we do. The reason I say so is that history has it that Robert Mugabe left prison with about seven degrees. That means he was being provided with facilities to further his education. We should now be moving away from such terms as prisons and prisoners to correctional centres and those who are being corrected. The purpose of prisons and prison services is correctional so that, whoever goes in comes out a better person than he was when he went in. Some of the prisoners are petty offenders such as chicken thieves. They stole chicken out of desperation because they had nothing else to do. If he comes out as a qualified artisan, that person cannot imagine going back to wrong-doing or to committing petty offences. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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