The Social Welfare officer of Naivasha Maximum Prison Moses Kodek has appealed to the well wishers to donate methylated spirits to the barbershops in the prison.
Speaking to the press yesterday while at the Prison, Kodek said that the 5 litres of methylated spirit that the department is offered cannot last for 6 months.
"More than 1000 inmates are shaved here on a daily basis and the 5 litres of the methylated spirit that we are offered cannot last for the 6 months.
Thats why i have decided to appeal to all the well wishers out there to kindly donate the spirit so that we can maintain the healthyness of the inmates", Kodek said.
Kodek went ahead and said that a number of inmates are trained barbers and they are the ones who shaves others.
"Inmates here have different skills and one of the skills is how to shave. We have very lilttle shaving machines and we will be glad if we can get some more machines.
The limited use of the methylated spirit can spread disease very fast thats why we are in great need of the spirit to ensure that germs are killed and diseases are not spread.
Currently we have more than 3,200 inmates who all need to be shaved and the methylated spirit is very small which cannot be enough for all the inmates who are shaved.", Kodek said.
The social welfare officer went ahead and urged NGOs and CBOs the to start programmes that will involve the inmates in humanitarian activities.
"Quite a number of inmates have expressed their desire to assist when in times of crisis for example offering first aid andalso assisting in times of calamities", Kodek said