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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Dullo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Dullo Fatuma Adan",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to thank Sen. Halake for this Statement. It is true that after the inmates have served their sentence, they normally go through a very disturbing process in their lives. In certain cases, they are actually rejected by their own families. I remember, in the last Senate, we had an ad hoc Committee that looked at the issues of prisons in terms of reforms. That report is with us somewhere, although, we had challenges with the National Assembly saying that this is a money Bill. In reality, the Act has not been amended to make sure that it is in tandem with the current Constitution. The inmates face many challenges, especially when they are arrested, their finger prints are taken. However, after they have served their sentence, those finger prints are not removed from the system. Mr. Speaker, Sir, inmates face many other problems, including the meagre wages they earn of 20 cents per day. The programmes within the prisons are not geared towards rehabilitation. It is like a punishment. The criminal justice system, they are not working together. The prison is like a dumping ground where most of the prisons have inmates exceeding their capacity. For example, I do not know the number today, but over the years, if you look at a place like Kamiti Maximum Security Prison, it has a capacity of 500. The inmates who are serving there are over a 1,000 which means, they are congested and do not have facilities to entertain them. I believe, apart from the Statement, prisons are all over in this country. At the county level, as Sen. Halake said, there was a prison in Isiolo. That is why she ended up going there just to look at the plight of inmates. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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