Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 981710,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/981710/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 111,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13188,
        "legal_name": "Getrude Musuruve Inimah",
        "slug": "getrude-musuruve-inimah"
    },
    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to support this Statement. Indeed, Sen. Kwamboka has come up with a Statement that is really important and which needs to be interrogated by everyone. Mr. Speaker, Sir, when prisoners are in remand at Industrial Area, they are there because they are still innocent and are yet to be proved guilty. As they wait to be told whether they are guilty or not, they really need to get all the services, just like any other citizens. In a situation where there is power failure and there is no back up, even in our prisons, that is something that needs to be looked into. This is because there are cases that have been reported where funny things happen in prison. In the event of darkness and there is no light at all, there is need to interrogate it. Even in a situation where prisons do not have back up lights, and there are prisoners with disabilities some of whom cannot see and others cannot walk, this situation can be really tormenting for such prisoners. Mr. Speaker, Sir, when we are talking about issues of prison, anyone can be in prison. We should, therefore, not look at prisoners as people who are actually different from us. Issues of communication in terms of vehicles, there is need to have enough vehicles in our prisons so that if a prisoner has an issue – maybe they need to be taken to hospital – they should be assisted with ease and then taken back to prison. There are also instances in prison where you find that there are so many cases running at the same time, but the means of communication is in dire need. Therefore, there is need to ensure that the remand prisons have enough vehicles. Mr. Speaker, Sir, there is also need to also ensure that the human resource capacity is enough in a prison. This is because you will sometimes find that maybe the prisons could be densily populated. What about the human resource that is there? The human resource that is there should be able to manage the prison in a way that service delivery to prisoners is also not comprised. Even those people in prisons are Kenyans and they need to be taken care of, just like any other Kenyan. There is need to have water in prisons. In cases where there is no water, boreholes should be sunk to ensure that water is given to prisoners, because it is a constitutional requirement that everyone should have clean water. Therefore, I support this statement, and it needs to go the right committee. That committee should ensure that it works with speed to ensure that our prisons are safe for our prisoners. This is because those prisoners are our sisters, brothers, others are Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) and so on, and so forth. Thank you. I beg to support."
}