East Africa's prison bosses said the death penalty...

East Africa's prison bosses said the death penalty was outdated and should be scrapped, adding that it was not a solution in the rehabilitation of prisoners. Mr Abraham Kamakil, Kenya's Commissioner of Prisons, and Mr Joseph Etima, his Ugandan counterpart, called for the repeal of the law, saying death should not be a "correctional measure". Tanzania's Principal Commissioner of Prisons Pius Banzi called for thorough debate on the matter, saying a section of the population supported the contentious law. "We might be against it but the society might not be ready to let go of the law," he added. Speaking at Prisons headquarters after receiving his East African colleagues who were en route to Burkina Faso for a conference, Mr Kamakil said: "We don't feel the death sentence is useful in the rehabilitation of prisoners. The death penalty is not a solution since a life is destroyed by the law," he said.