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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kipyegon",
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        "legal_name": "Johana Ngeno Kipyegon",
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    "content": "35 Tuesday 18th November, 2014 I also want to speak to the question of stripping; the issue of searching people who have been arrested. I know most of the people have a problem on how we search these people. Hon. Kaluma has been speaking to the issue of people being asked to appear naked and they search everywhere, including the cavities. The reason why this clause has to stay is because some criminals carry weapons. Some of them can even carry razor blades, phones and drugs in their cavities. This clause was meant to safeguard the security of all those officers who work inside those prisons and the people who have been deprived of their liberties because some people can go there on revenge mission. I also want to speak on that and say that even when we need to do a search, we need to look at the health of that person; the safety and health of the persons being searched. Whatever equipment we are using to search these people must be equipment which have been proven to be good and cannot risk the health of the person being searched. I also want to speak on the question of making phone calls. There is a clause that discusses about a person who has been arrested. The issue here is that we also need to relook at not only the people who have been arrested but our facilities, especially the prisons. They must have, like in the civilized world, telephone booths in every prison so that whenever anybody wants to make a phone call to his relatives or their lawyers, they can be accorded that opportunity. This clause is talking about allowing somebody who has been arrested immediately to make a phone call to his relatives so that people can know where he is. It is important to communicate to relatives when he has been moved from one facility to another. Even in a situation where somebody has been moved to a hospital, this clause is very necessary so that relatives of those people get to know exactly where their loved ones are. I want to speak to the clause about health. Before putting someone in prison or detention, we need to know the health status of that person; whether they are suffering from any kind of diseases so that we do not just keep someone inside there who could be suffering from diabetes or other diseases. We need to know the health status of the prisoners so that we can know how many times those people should be treated when they are inside there. Lastly, I want to speak to the question of visits. This question of visits where we have family days is important. I was thinking of including the issue of conjugal rights in this clause of the Bill. Some of the inmates could have been condemned for life when they were young. Maybe they had just married and they had no children. I think those people should be given an opportunity to meet their loved ones and have a chance of getting children. I think we need to look at this clause so that we can allow them to enjoy conjugal rights. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I thank you and I want to end by saying I support although we might need to look at some of the amendments that we can add to this Bill."
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