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    "id": 473706,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Eric Keter",
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        "legal_name": "Eric Arap Keter",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, basic needs like water and food are rights to any victim. It is not a privilege, but a right. You will find that inmates are given one type of food. They should have a right to quality food; not maize all the time as we see in other cells. They are fed on maize throughout as if they are not human beings. On the issue of medical services, they have a right to medical services. Clause 4 (2), really specifies that we should give these rights to the victims. The other issue which I appreciate in this Bill is provision of clothing and blankets, particularly in prison cells. If you go there, you can see a situation where inmates use very old rugs full of lice and other kinds of insects. In the end, they go home with diseases. They have a right to be given good clothes and also good space. You find that about 60 inmates are given a very small room and because of that they end up contracting contagious diseases and some of them even die before they are released to go home. It is good that we provide these rights for them. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to end by saying that victims have a right to compensation as specified in the Bill. Cases of our security officers, who patrol or who discharge duties in various places, being subjected to harm, should not arise. They should be compensated and should not be left alone. I remember of a case in my constituency where officers who were patrolling the Kenya/Somalia boarder, fell victim to bandits and they were killed. Nobody ever compensated them despite the fact that they left young children and families. I think it is high time this Bill becomes law to protect these victims. I want to end by saying that they have a right to read materials, as specified in the Bill. I think we are now going towards a very civilized nation. Kenya is now becoming more civilized. We should provide them with reading materials, whether it is newspapers or any other material so that they know what is happening around them and even outside. With those few remarks, I support."
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