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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I am the Vice Chair of the Committee. As I second, I am guided by Standing Order No.89 that prohibits us from referring to the substance of the proceedings of a Select Committee before the Tabling of the Report. I will be guided appropriately. When the Committee was established, it was late October and the duration that we were given to report was disrupted by the Christmas break and the recess. As a Committee, we are committed to delivering on the mandate that this Senate bestowed upon us. I also thank the office of the Clerk for the support and facilitation that has allowed us to visit the various places that the Mover mentioned. Madam Temporary Speaker, the magnitude of the task ahead of us is huge. If we were to come up with the proposals to amend the Prisons and Borstal Institutions Acts is not just an issue of changing what is on paper. It is a matter of looking at the entire judicial system and coming up with significant proposals which we have realised will not be possible in the short duration that the Senate gave us. In addition to the institutions that we have visited so far, we wish to visit more and in particular the women correctional facilities. We have realised that these facilities have been ignored. Some of the cases that we witnessed are extremely sad to the extent that some Members were moved to tears. We shall come up with proposals to reform them. Therefore, we beg the House to consider this and grants us an additional 45 days so that we deliver a Report that is actionable and that will put to an end the suffering of the detained persons. I second."
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