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    "id": 590042,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/590042/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Krop Lonyangapuo",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I join my colleagues in lauding and congratulating Sen. Adan for ably bringing this Motion to the Senate. The people who are in the prisons today are none other than the people who are in our counties. These are people who need correction because of the evil mistakes that they have done. This Motion proposes something to be done to correct some of the deplorable state of conditions in Kenya’s prisons. In 1911, the British introduced correctional centres in Kenya. At that time, they managed to gather 331 warders to look after the criminals who were over 6,000. As late as 2010, when the new Constitution came into effect, we had almost 100 correctional centres and over 50,000 inmates. We had a substantial number of staff who were working in these centres. A number of us have visited relatives or friends who have been taken to these correctional centres. I have visited Kapenguria Prison and I am surprised at the way these centres have remained from 1911. I visited Kepenguria when it was being built in the 1940s during the Second World War. The houses that the first prisoners slept in are the same ones that the current, the present and the future will be in. Another amazing thing that we found is that the warders are being paid a salary which is very miserable because it starts from Kshs18,000. They work to become constables which is after 20 years and they end up getting around Kshs30,000. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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