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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) S .W. Chege",
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        "legal_name": "Sabina Wanjiru Chege",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I support this Bill. I have gone through the Bill and there are several things that I like about what is being proposed. Several Kenyans have gone out there, have been arrested and their relatives are not able to see them. Prison is not supposed just to be a way of punishing a criminal, but a place where somebody is supposed to be corrected and he or she changes. Therefore, if the sole purpose of somebody being to prison is not just to be punished, then there are several rights that should be looked at, especially access to family members. Looking at this Bill, the country of transfer is either where there is a parent, a grandparent or a child of such a prisoner. There is also clear indication that the transfers can only be done in countries that are in agreement. I support this Bill. Sometimes, our prisons are congested. Foreigners who are in our prisons do much more harm than good. With the threat of terrorism, if such a prisoner interacts with our prisoners, we will be spreading bad seeds within our prisons. It would be important for such a criminal to be allowed to go and serve his sentence in his country, and that will serve as a way of decongesting our prisons. In the same breadth, I will not ignore the fact that some of our prisons are in a very bad state and shape. I would like to call upon the Government and also ourselves, as Members of Parliament, to assist those facilities to be places where human beings can stay comfortably. That would be a proper contribution towards growth, correction and trying to make those people change their ways. 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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