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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is an important request for Statement by Sen. Kwamboka, who is a distinguished Member of the Nairobi Delegation. I would like to thank Sen. Kwamboka on behalf of the rest of the delegation for bringing this up. This institution is in Nairobi County. As Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve said, the point I caught is that, indeed, when you go to such an institution, it does not mean that you are deemed guilty; your case is going on. This particular institution has a lot of small scale traders of Nairobi. A lot of our hawkers who have been arrested are at the Industrial Area Remand Prison. Boda boda riders who are caught in the Central Business District (CBD) are also in the Industrial Area Remand Prison; governors have been there, former and current colleagues have also been there. It is, therefore, a place of interest. Mr. Speaker, Sir, when the Senate was in Kitui County, we were able, together with the Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, to visit Kitui Prison. Judging by what we saw in Kitui and the other prisons that we have gone to, it is an entire area that needs to be looked at; the state of living and how inhumane the conditions can be. Therefore, I want to support this Statement. I would also like to ask the Committee to ascertain to this House, because just after visiting Kitui – Sen. Wambua and my distinguished uncle, the Senator of Bungoma County will tell you - more than 100 prisoners were freed because they had been there for months because they could not afford Kshs1,000 or Kshs2,000 to pay for their bonds, yet it costs more than Kshs3,000 or Kshs4,000 to maintain them there. It, therefore, does not make sense. I, therefore, hope that, that Committee will take this matter up speedily and we will be glad to join in this. Thank you."
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