Prison Officers 'Threat to National Security'

Kenya: Prison Officers 'Threat to National Security' Posted to the web 16 July 2008 Jeff Otieno And David Mugonyi Nairobi A 14-member committee appointed to investigate the prison crisis came face to face with the rot in nearly all the correctional facilities visited. The team came across undisciplined officers, who they described as a threat to national security. Committee members led by former Mwatate MP Major (Rtd) Marsden Madoka in a report obtained by the Nation observed drunken prison officers on duty in Nairobi Remand Home, Meru, Nakuru, Kisii, Kodiaga and Bungoma prisons. Rolled bhang "Smoking of rolled bhang substances by prisoners was witnessed in Maranjau and Embu prisons," the document adds. The Madoka team was appointed by Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka in May, after the warders went on strike complaining of a... [read full story]