By Albert Muriuki, Posted Monday, February 8 2010 at 00:00
Kamiti Maximum Security Prison in Nairobi. The number of inmates in Kenya runs into tens of thousands.
One unique thing about Kenya is the obsession with politics.
Years before the next elections, politicians are crisscrossing the country campaigning.
At least four politicians have declared their presidential hopes.
However there is one area all the presidential hopefuls have neglected, the loads of untapped votes lying idle in prisons.
This is a very good article, especially coming from Africa where corruption and human rights abuses are so prevalent.
ReplyDeleteAfricans seem to be getting more and more progressive even as Americans and some Europeans regress.
Very promising.
I agree with the premise of letting prisoners vote, but not all of them. What sense really is there in letting death row convicts and/or convicts sentenced for life vote?
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