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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon: Tonui",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ronald Kiprotich Tonui",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute and support this very timely Bill. This Bill is important in two aspects. One, it is addressing very important issues in prisons, police cells and in psychiatric hospitals. It is also a constitutional Bill which can easily send me home. I do not want to go home before my time lapses. This Bill wants to promote the humane treatment of those who are deprived of liberty. I believe the police should be trained on how to treat human beings humanely. The “men in black” should also be trained so that when they handle the likes of Magerer, they do not mishandle him that badly. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the only issue which I have concerns with in this Bill is that it tries to create lots of luxuries in prisons. I believe prisons should not be made that luxurious in a way that encourages people to commit crimes in order to be in those places. I know the way life sometimes can be so challenging and some people can be tempted to commit a crime and land in prison if we make it a very relaxed place without many challenges. There are some good things like prisoners being given an opportunity to communicate with their families. The people who have been detained should be given such opportunities. If we move out of this place and get arrested halfway here and we are denied, the chance to communicate with our families are slim. Our families may never know where we are. Those are some of the good things which are in this Bill. The right to communicate with one’s lawyer is very important. On the right to good nutrition, I think it should be a balanced diet, but it may not be the very best. I know people are quite challenged outside there and if we have the best of nutrition, beddings and clothing in prison, so many people will wish to commit offences because they are going to receive the best things which they may not be receiving in their homes. The issue of medical care is really very important. Currently, when you see many people who are outside there being brought to dispensaries, they are being brought while they are already in a desperate situation. The wardens should be proactive and ensure that healthcare is provided at the right time for prisoners. The issue of expenses needs to be addressed because to implement this Bill will cost quite an amount of money. 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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