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The plight of sick prisoners in desperate need of medical care to end their agony

Dr Yusuf Mahat attends to inmate James Karanja on June 10, 2023, during a free medical camp at Nakuru GK Prisons. [Daniel Chege, Standard]

James Karanja, 57, heaved a sigh of relief as his wheelchair squeaked into a queue at a free medical check-up at Nakuru GK Prison on a Saturday afternoon.

Unlike other inmates, Karanja, who is serving a life imprisonment, was dressed in blue, suggesting he was a reformed inmate and trustee.

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