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    "id": 593332,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Eng.) Muriuki",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Stephen Muriuki Ngare",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you, for giving me this chance to contribute to this important Motion. I stand to support this Motion moved by the distinguished Senator, Sen. Adan. I did not have the benefit of listening to the Mover when she moved the Motion, nonetheless, it is spelt out clearly and it is to do with the status of persons who, for one reason or another, are imprisoned or detained by the state. One of the things that one notices around correctional facilities – we call them correctional facilities, a soft word away from the word “prison” which I preferred – is overcrowding, which has gone out of hand. If the reports that we are getting from the media every so often are anything to go by, the overcrowding in our detention facilities is just too much. However, in this case, we have to deal with the persons who are detained and the warders. Some years back, I happened to be part of a team which was looking at the possible improvement of facilities at an institution called Nairobi Remand and Allocation Prison in the Industrial Area. We found many facilities – not for the prisoners but the warders – were such that most of them were built sometime before Independence; 40 or 50 years ago. Others, though built later, are still decades old. Most of them are round huts made of iron sheets, the elements have already taken toll and the iron sheets have rusted such that if you bend down enough, you will see officers in the houses. 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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