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    "content": "Further, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as regards the housing problem in the prisons, one issue that came out very clearly, particularly in Langata, is that there was a block that is incomplete. It has stayed like that for the last many years. Nothing has been done about it and the reason is that the Commissioner of Prisons is just a Commissioner of Prisons. He has no teeth and powers to carry out housing projects. Instead, housing is done by the Ministry of Public Works without consultations with the prison authorities. That is something that needs to be looked into. If we are serious about providing housing--- For your information, the conditions under which prison warders live in this country are so deplorable. In fact, that is one reason why there is that animosity between the prison authorities and the convicts. The prison reforms, so far, appear to favour the convicts and not the warders. So, that has made it even easier for the warders to engage themselves in petty businesses within the prison so as to have an extra buck that can assist them to improve their welfare. It is something that the Government has to look into very seriously. It is something over which measures should be taken as a matter of priority because time and again, a number of commissions have been set up to look into the issues affecting prison warders and convicts. For example, we have the Madoka Report. But those reports have not been implemented in time and when they are,"
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