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    "id": 981727,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. I support the Statement by the distinguished Member of the Nairobi City County delegation, Sen. Kwamboka. As the Vice Chairperson of the Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations and the Chairperson of the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare have rightly put it, late last year, we visited the Industrial Area Remand Prison in Nairobi. We had a meeting with various heads of department and a kamukunji with the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights and the Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations. It is worth noting that in all prisons that we have visited in the country like the Eldoret GK Prison when we had Senate Mashinani, Kwale GK Prison and Mombasa County Prison, there are many challenges. I agree that the Kenya Prisons Service (KPS) is under-funded. In fact, the capacity of the prisons that we have in the country does not match the facilities for remand because we have more than 60,000 prisoners. Most of us here and even members of the public can become prisoners especially at the Industrial Area Remand Prison in Nairobi. As a Committee, we are doing all we can by talking to the necessary agencies to ensure that anybody taken to the Industrial Area Remand Prison in Nairobi gets five star treatment. That should apply to other prisons so that people do not have to run away from prison but can operate from there. Apart from challenges of food, facilities are also deplorable. The KPS facilities have never been improved since inception because of funding issues. Therefore, this is 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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