Kenya: MPs Castigate Slow Prison Reforms, Demand Urgent Action On Inmate Welfare and Rising Scams

Kenya: MPs Castigate Slow Prison Reforms, Demand Urgent Action On Inmate Welfare and Rising Scams

Nairobi -- Members of Parliament have raised alarm over the slow pace of reforms in the Kenya Prisons Service, citing deteriorating living and working conditions, alleged misuse of prison land, and an upsurge of scams operated from behind bars.

MPs raise alarm over rise of scams orchestrated by prisoners

Members of Parliament (MPs) have raised concerns over the increasing trend of scams orchestrated by prisoners. During a session with officials from the Kenya Prisons Service, led by Commissioner General Patrick Aranduh on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, lawmakers sitting in the Constitutional Implementation Oversight Committee (CIOC) voiced their worries, stating that the country had recorded […]

MPs protest prisons conditions, surge in scams - KahawaTungu

Members of Parliament voiced growing concerns over slow reforms within the Kenya Prisons Service, citing poor living and working conditions, misuse of prison land, and a worrying increase in scams allegedly being run from behind bars. During a session with officials from the Kenya Prisons Service, the Chairperson of the National Assembly’s Constitutional Implementation Oversight [...] The post MPs protest prisons conditions, surge in scams appea…

MPs castigate slow prison reforms, demand urgent action on inmate welfare and rising scams

NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 23 – Members of Parliament have raised alarm over the slow pace of reforms in the Kenya Prisons Service, citing deteriorating living and working conditions, alleged misuse of prison land, and an upsurge of scams operated from behind bars. The Chair of the National Assembly’s Constitutional Implementation Oversight Committee (CIOC), Eric Karemba (Runyenjes), pressed Commissioner General Patrick Aranduh on the legal basis of in…

MPs Grill Prisons Boss Over Phone-Based Scams - Nairobi Wire

Kenya’s lawmakers have put the country’s correctional service on notice, demanding swift answers on filthy living conditions, murky finances, and a surge of fraud schemes hatched behind bars. Appearing before the Constitutional Implementation Oversight Committee (CIOC), Commissioner General Patrick Aranduh was pressed on whether the Persons Deprived of Liberty Act is working as intended – or being ignored. Embakasi Central MP Mejja Donk Benjamin…