Whatever the case, Kithure Kindiki could have curbed his greed and let some other person go and bad mouth the Kenyan prisons. Ketan Somaia is a good reference having actually been condemned to board there.
May I help Kababe understand the reality of those prisons. Magistrates love to remand big people to Industrial area. The reason is simple to guess: Bribes.
All the prisons in Kenya have an elaborate bribery system which I shall break down for you with estimated "prices". I reality no rich man spends a day at Industrial area or even enters the cells. Some never even leave the court buildings in handcuffs but actually drive away in their own cars in most cases with the full knowledge of the magistrate:
1. Industrial Area - To avoid it completely 1,000,000
2. To be taken up to the loading and offloading area and may enter the cell - 500,000
The above prices are per 14 days when an accused is required to be present in court for mention of their cases
If one gets sentenced to serve time there is still hope:
The prison and police will arrange for a surrogate to serve the sentence in a prison on his behalf for a fee. The starting price remains 250,000 for a two year stretch (where one would be out in 12 months). In other words about 20K per month - higher than a watchman's monthly salary with bed and food;
High profile convicts don't go through such routines. They simply pay a certain amout, stay out of sight (meaning tinted cars and disguises) for the duration of their "remand" and prison term.
The prisons have to be kept in such horrific conditions to ensure that they serve as an incentive for a family to sell land or empty the bank account to save their loved ones.
Some like Kodiaga have Cholera cells. If some guy robs and rapes your wife and ends up there, for less than 50k he can be placed in a cholera cell. He will be dead in a week. Case closed.
More later.