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As you enter St Joseph Cafasso Consolation House at Kamiti Maximum Prison, Nairobi, you are greeted by the drawing of a chain on the “Wall of Fame”. One end of the chain has been set loose. Inside the chain are stretched-out hands, symbolising a welcoming gesture. A dove sits above the chain.

On the same wall, on the outer part of the chain, are randomly-written names.

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