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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Katoo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Judah Katoo Ole-Metito",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me the opportunity to support this Bill. This Bill has two aspects. First, it is going to be one of the very radical Bills in reforming the correctional institutions, namely, prisons. Secondly, it is going to be one of the most expensive Bills to implement. This Bill is meant to operationalise Article 29(f) of the Constitution that provides that people have a right not to be treated or punished in a cruel, inhuman or degrading manner. If you look at Article 51(1), it talks of the rights of persons held in custody, detained or in prison. Those are the two Articles of the Constitution that this Bill seeks to operationalise. It is very expensive to do so. Both of them touch on human rights. Therefore, they require a lot to be done in order to bring reforms in these correctional areas. Clause 15 of the Bill talks about clothing, a very important thing. This Bill talks of clothing, food, shelter, medical, education, leisure and health mostly to the people who are deprived of liberty in terms of being detained, imprisoned or punished. To provide clothing, food, shelter, medical, education, leisure and health to the detained are good reforms, but it is going to be very expensive. If you look at Clauses 3 and 4, they talk of maintenance of a register. If you are taken to a police cell, there is what is called an Occurrence Book (OB). In most cases, the detained persons are not given the chance to look at it. This Bill, if enacted into law, is going to be a departure from the past. Clause 4(e) talks of humanitarian assistance to migrant, refugees, asylum seekers, stateless and undocumented persons. It is going to be a very important Bill in terms of 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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