Funding hitch stalls prisons trade tests

Prisons Commissioner General Wycliffe Ogallo and Western Regional Commissioner Ann Ng'etich when Ogallo toured Kakamega Main Prison on June 17, 2020 to assess the state of prison in fight against coronavirus. [Benjamin Sakwa]

Kenya Prisons Service is reeling from an acute under-funding which is affecting delivery of core programmes that have distinguished it over the years.

The acclaimed prison courses in carpentry, tailoring, farming, upholstery, embroidery and other skills are facing challenges as cut down of funding destabilises their execution.