Ssegirinya narrates life in prison says 'iron sheets thieves deserve better'

"If you give the prison maize flour (posho) to a hen, that hen will never lay another egg in its lifetime," Ssegirinya says in the video making rounds on Twitter. Gathering from his experience, he says that although the saga cost the honourables public trust, there are better ways to deal with them.

Meals and physical treatment

He sympathises with Nandutu and says that he wished to speak to her before she was sent away, to warn her about what awaits her. " As we are talking right now, she has already received the morning slaps and afternoon slaps. She is now waiting for the evening dose of slaps," he says adding that physical punishment is handed out like meals in the institution of understanding.

Speaking of meals, he says, "I am an honourable so I received two beans, but the rule is that each prisoner eats one bean. If you accidentally eat three beans, that means you will not eat for three days."

Despite his privilege in the bean abacus during meals, he stared down at crystal-clear bean soup just like the other prisoners. "The soup is clear like a mirror. You can see yourself in it."

He was particularly disturbed by the fact that the stolen iron sheets were the white kind, saying that back in his village in Masaka such sheets are used to attract and catch grasshoppers.

He then suggests that is better to assign the alleged thieves a spot in public where they can stand with a poster reading their offence. According to him, this kind of public embarrassment is a more effective approach because it will rehabilitate offenders and deter others from misconduct.

The night crawlers

But under the watchful eye of the guards and wardens, Ssegirinya says (giving a glimpse into the obscured experience of prison), inmates are not even allowed to kill bedbugs that torment them.

To make matters worse, inmates sleep back-to-back and having to use the lavatories is a risk to a good night's sleep. Once you excuse yourself, your place is taken by another and you have to wait for someone to hearken to nature's call.

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