Why disabled inmates feel neglected in Kenyan prisons

A blind inmate is assisted by a warder and a fellow inmate inside Naivasha Prison. [PHOTOS: ANTONY GITONGA/STANDARD]

NAKURU COUNTY: Behind the high walls at the Naivasha GK Prison, over 3,000 inmates mingle as they serve various jail terms. The prisoners include men from all works of life - men who found themselves on the wrong side of the law.

The facility is home, albeit temporarily, for some politicians, doctors, drivers, teachers, rapists, murderers, and former clerics turned robbers, all dressed in the familiar stripped prison attire. Some are condemned to death sentences, others are serving life imprisonment while others have more lenient sentences.