Speaking on behalf of other inmates, Sofia Swaleh who is
serving a life sentence said the time allocated to their visiting spouses and
relatives is brief and does not allow for sexual intimacy.
She said;
“The Government,
through the leadership of Kenyan prisons, should introduce a law that allows
women serving lengthy jail terms enjoy sexual intimacy with their visiting
husbands."
Mtangani GK Prison senior administrator, Purity Nkatha
Muthaura who also spoke to K24 Digital, said it would be impossible to allow
the female inmates or even the male inmates enjoy conjugal rights except a new
law that allows for conjugal visits is passed by Parliament.
It was further gathered that the quest to have conjugal
visits introduced in the country’s lawful detention centres struck a dead end
in 2014, when the Government ruled out the possibility of entertaining the
suggestion on grounds of not being ready for it.
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