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    "id": 590046,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/590046/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo",
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        "legal_name": "John Krop Lonyangapuo",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is Saikwa Chemonges. Since then, West Pokot County has had the privilege and honour to hold the post of Prison Commissioner. The late Saikwa was the first, then Mzee Lopokoiyit followed by Mr. Kamakil and now Mr. Osugo. When I asked the retired officers, Mr. Lopokoiyit and Mr. Kamakil, why there were no reforms, they said that they tried to propose the reforms but it looked like no Kenyan ever imagines that you can put money and reform a prisoner. So, the proposals that they laid on the table were not followed and are now in the archives of the parent Ministry. May be we would have seen a change in this department if there was what has just taken place in the Ministry of Education where we have public schools. About 15 years ago, we introduced private schools where nobody wanted to take their children. What does it cost if Kenya also allows some entrepreneur to come up with a private prison or correctional centre? When retired President Mwai Kibaki came into power, he introduced free primary education. It was because the ones in private schools had an upper hand and so the Government had to introduce an amount of money to get more facilities and equipment into schools as opposed to before. This is the way that we can trigger some of the changes there. 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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