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Decongest our prisons

Kenyan jails are congested. While the Constitution stipulates that a person shall not be remanded in custody if the offence committed is punishable by a fine only or by imprisonment for not more than six months, there are more than 20,000 inmates in Kenyan jails serving sentences less than a month.

This tends to strain the meagre resources available.

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