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    "content": "there are hardcore criminals and they have no choice but have prisons. The best we can do is to ensure that prison facilities are taken care of. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, prisons were well taken care of during the former President Moi’s regime. They were established on huge chunks of land. However, most of that land has been grabbed by the same officers serving in the prisons. We have always ignored certain issues coming up in this country and people who serve in certain institutions prefer when we ignore or do not talk about them. I thank Sen. Adan for bringing this Motion. This is one of the most prestigious sectors we have in this country, as much as it has many challenges. This is a sector businessmen prefer because they will supply maize, boots, uniforms and other things without caring about how they look. If we have to talk about correcting what is rotten, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) should know that we must start with the police station that somebody is taken to before being taken to prison. When you walk into any police station in our country, you may wonder why it is very dirty. How will you correct somebody who sees that the environment they are entering is filthy and, therefore, they will remain filthy? The prisons are even filthier yet there are people, including prisoners, who could clean or paint them. Let the prisons or police stations be clean so that when a person walks in, they will see that they are sparkling. When you walk into a police station in Europe, you will know that you are entering a centre where you must check your integrity, because the cleanliness will click in your mind. You will realise that you have wronged and need to change your behaviour. For our case, it is the most outrageous thing we have done to ourselves and to the dignity of our people because it is our brothers that we take to the correctional institutions. Therefore, we must start with police stations and people who welcome prisoners to prison. When you look at the house of a prison warder, you may think that it is pig sty. I am sorry to say that. You will wonder why a prison warder in Langata should live in a hut yet we construct houses for them in even 10 days. To prison warders, the issue of better houses is strange. That means that the prisoner is much better because he or she is locked up in a house made of stone. That is unfortunate for prison warders who take care of prisoners yet nobody sees that. The Committee will have to tell us about the challenges and welfare of the prison warders. The moment we address that, we will realise that those who are taken to prisons for being corrected need dignity. We need to change their mindset and attitude for them to go back and work with the communities. If we continue the same way, we will continue having gangs and terrorists. We should avoid conflict between arms of Government and consider the interests of the country. How do you expect the community to feel when you grant bail to a terrorist?"
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