Today, Centre for Enhancing Democracy and Good Governance. and the Nakuru Legal Aid team, was honored to participate in the official launch of the Ustawi Network at Nakuru Main Prison, a bold and timely initiative aimed at strengthening rehabilitation and access to justice within correctional facilities.
The launch marked the introduction of two key rehabilitation programs: T๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐
๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ (๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ฃ) and T๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐น๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐น๐ ๐๐ป๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ (๐๐๐ฆ๐ฃ). These programs are designed to address pressing issues affecting inmates, with a particular focus on the rising cases of sexual offences and the often-overlooked needs of elderly inmates.
Speaking during the launch, the Officer in Charge at Nakuru Main Prison Mr. Gerald Gichunge commended the initiative as a timely intervention.
โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฆ๐น๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐โ๐ฎ ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ,โ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐๐ช๐ค๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ.
CEDGG CEO, Masese Kemunche, reaffirmed the organizationโs commitment to promoting justice and human rights, noting that CEDGG is proud to be a partner of the Ustawi Network.
โ๐๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ป๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ด, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ธ ,๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ธ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ,โ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ.
โ๐๐ฆโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ช๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด.โ
Madam Jane Kuria, CEO Ustawi Network emphasized the importance of addressing sexual offences from their root causes:
โ๐๐ฆ๐น๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ถ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐บ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ค๐ณ๐ถ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ด ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ.โ
As part of the launch event, the Nakuru Legal Aid team, including trained paralegals, law students, and legal professionals, conducted an interactive legal aid session with remandees. The session allowed inmates to ask pressing legal questions, particularly concerning their charges and the judicial process.
Most inquiries revolved around legal procedures, rights, and case outcomes. A significant number of cases were related to defilement, followed by drug trafficking, arson, assault, creating disturbances, obtaining by false pretenses, attempted murder, rape, and theft.
The legal team responded with clarity and compassion, offering free legal guidance and reinforcing the importance of due process. The session not only met an immediate need but also underscored the vital role that legal empowerment plays in the rehabilitation process.
Todayโs collaboration was a testament to the power of partnerships in promoting access to justice for the underserved. CEDGG is committed to continuing this journey standing with the incarcerated, promoting the rule of law, and ensuring no one is left behind in the pursuit of justice.
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