Narok Senator Ledama Ole Kina has proposed the privatization of all prison facilities in the country, signalling alarm among staff working with the Kenya Prisons Service (KPS).
If prisons are privatized, it means that the private investors may decide to lay off some workers if the investor wants to cut costs or restructure, erase roles that are deemed unnecessary, or the workers reject the new terms.
This could spell doom for the over 31,000 uniformed and auxiliary staff working for the agency in 140 prisons around the country.
However, in a statement on his official X account on Monday, June 16, the lawmaker claimed that the privatization of the facilities will restore dignity in prisons.
