Inmates at Embu prison treated to beauty therapy services


Inmates at the Embu Men’s Prison received a rare treat after students from a local college offered them beauty therapy services.
Hundreds of prisoners waited for their turns patiently at the prison’s main hall where they were offered manicure, pedicure, facials and massage services by students from Wanjau Technical and Vocational Training Institute.
The students planned the treat as an Easter gift for the inmates and to show them that they are loved as worthy human beings by the wider community.
The prison has about of 1,500 inmates. Those on death and those serving life sentences were given priority on consideration that those serving shorter sentences will have an opportunity to access beauty therapy on leaving prison.
The Institute’s director Agnes Ireri said the students had previously offered similar treats at children’s homes, homes for elderly and matatu crews.
“We found it necessary to show the prisoners that they are appreciated as fellow human beings. We have taught them how to observe hygiene and cleanliness such properly washing hands and removing dead skin on the face. Some expressed interest to train in beauty therapy in future,” said Wanjau.
A prisoner Patrick Kinyua who has been incarcerated since 2010 on a life sentence appealed  to the community not to judge prisoners as wrong doers since they had reformed.
He welcomed the treat saying it was the first time to be treated for a facial treatment in his life.
Harrison Kinyua who is serving a life sentence for defilement could barely hide his joy saying he never imagined he could enjoy such services, which they consider a privilege for the rich persons out there.
“We wish the Prison’s Department could consider such treats for inmates even if it’s just twice in a year. While here we feel discriminated by the society and look forward to such visits,” he said.
Deputy officer in charge of the prison Michael Mulang’a said prisoners were overwhelmed by the kind gesture from the students and appealed to other well-wishers to consider such initiatives for the inmates.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

EDUCATION

Image
County disburses Sh103 million bursaries as 10,000 applicants unsuccessful BY JOEY KIMEU More than 10,000 applicants for the Sh103 million Embu County Government bursaries were unsuccessful. Even though that was the county’s highest allocation issued in a single financial year, the applications were many and they considered the neediest cases, according to the fund manager Jeremiah Ireri. Ireri revealed that out of the 35,000 applicants only 23,400 were awarded the bursaries that would help pay their school or college fees. Secondary schools took the lion share amounting to Sh58 million while the rest was shared among special schools, vocational training centres, universities and colleges. Speaking during the bursary launch at St Benedict Kithimu Secondary School, Ireri who is county acting Education chief officer called on MCAs to consider increasing the bursary kitty so that as many applicants benefit. Education CEC John Kiamati who was the chief guest said the...
Read more

Why parents want Karamugi Secondary School principal transferred?

Image
JOEY KIMEU A section of parents and board members of Karamugi Girls Secondary School in Tharaka-Nithi County want the school principal Elizabeth Wanja transferred for alleged mismanagement of the institution. They claim during her tenure performance index has been on the decline, she has created disharmony with the former board and also with parents, misused school resources and practiced favouritism of some teachers and students while discriminating others. John Ndung’u, a parent In a letter authored by three parents, John Ndung’u, Jamleck Mutembei and Peter Njuguna, who are class representatives and which is addressed to TSC Tharaka Nithi County Director Abukar Hassan, they accused her of conducting a Parent Associations elections contrary to the Education Act, 2013. They claimed she acted as the returning officer and a voter in addition to coercing two teachers to vote for the candidate that she wanted, in her intentions to have a chairperson that she would manip...
Read more
Image
Imposing Mbeere ACK Cathedral enriches beauty of Siakago town BY WHITNEY NYAWIRA The newly constructed ACK Diocese of Mbeere, St Peter’s Cathedral has not only solved sitting space challenges but also enriched the beauty of Siakago town. The imposing 3,000 sitting capacity Cathedral is an architectural marvel while its finishing oozes finesse and splendor. The building that served as the Cathedral before it had a sitting capacity of only 300 and could hardly accommodate Diocesan services, according to church documents. The new ultramodern Cathedral took five years to complete at a cost of Sh55 million financed through generous giving by Christians and friends of the church. Thousands of Christians turned up for the historic opening, dedication and consecration of the Cathedral on Sunday. All the church’s parishes convened at the Cathedral. The service led by ACK Archbishop Rev Jackson Ole Sapit assisted by Diocese of Mbeere Bishop Rev Moses Masamba and graced by Deput...
Read more