Do not give up, there's a second chance in life - Pastor Dorcas Rigathi tells prisoners

The Spouse of the Deputy President Pastor Dorcas Rigathi spent the better part of Friday talking to inmates at the little known Kendege GK Prison at the Kenya-Tanzania border in Kuria East, Migori County.

Pastor Dorcas, in her ongoing boychild campaign, urged the 150 prisoners to reform once they are released to be better men in the society. The prison hosts 150 inmates serving jail terms of between 1 month and 5 years.

“Regardless of what you have done, you have a second chance for life. Reset your mind, here in prison, learn a skill, for as a man thinketh so is he,” said Pastor Dorcas.

“According to your thoughts, you will succeed or fail. But when you come out of these gates, please be better people in the society.”

Pastor Dorcas has been going into prisons as part of her boychild campaign to talk to the inmates, especially the male prisons.

She has so far been to Kiambu Prison in Kiambu County, Rumuruti Prison in Laikipia County, Chuka GK Prison in Tharaka Nithi County, King’ong’o Prison in Nyeri where she was accompanied by the Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua among others.

Pastor Dorcas also led the prisoners in a tree planting exercise as part of realizing the presidential directive on planting 15 billion trees by 2032.

The Office of the Deputy President has been assigned the Kehancha area of Migori County in the tree planting exercise with a target of 2 million trees annually.

Migori County First Lady Dr. Agnes Ochillo, who had accompanied Pastor Dorcas, challenged the inmates not to return to their homes the same way they came, but to learn a skill.

The inmates also had a chance to share their stories behind bars, promising to reform.

Others present included Kuria East MP Kitayama Marwa and Nyanza regional prisons officials.