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    "speaker_name": "Hon: Tonui",
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        "legal_name": "Ronald Kiprotich Tonui",
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    "content": "There is also that other issue affecting prison warders which needs to be addressed. I come from the trade union movement and those officers are working in an environment that is not conducive. One of the hon. Members who contributed talked about the Naivasha case. If you are working in that prison where that person is at the moment, you will not feel quite comfortable. There is somebody who was eating other human beings and enjoying their blood there and you are in charge of such a facility. That is not a conducive environment. So, there should be certain compensation for those prison warders. They should be paid better to reflect the environment in which they are working in. The idea that those who are imprisoned are going to be given opportunities to further their studies is highly welcome because people are not going to be in those prisons forever. As they are being rehabilitated in those prisons, they should get opportunities to learn so that as they leave, they leave as better people who can even be employed in some places. The issue of visits by the family is highly welcome. I believe what hon. Wakhungu alluded to - the issue of conjugal rights in prisons - should also be factored in, maybe, once or twice in a year. I think that could be okay so that immorality can be removed from our prisons. If it is not provided, other things will come into our prisons. So, to take care of that, we need to provide it, at least, once or twice in a year. That would be in order for me. Because of time, I can see that my colleagues really wish to contribute to this and so, let me conclude there. Thank you very much, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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