Inmates have called for a review of the Sexual Offences Act, saying it is being exploited by women to have men jailed on flimsy grounds.
In a memorandum presented to the Senate Committee of Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights, inmates at Industrial Area prison said most of them were behind bars for sexual offences.
Committee chairman Samson Cherargei said the Act was drafted in a manner that makes it easy to throw someone in jail. He promised his team will start the review process.
"While this Act has been helpful in reining sexual violators, drafting of this law appears skewed. It only targets some people," the Nandi senator said.
The inmates complained that the level of proof for sexual offences was low, making it easy for a complainant to "cook allegations."
"A review should be undertaken to make it stringent, such that should the accused be acquitted, stern legal action should be taken against the complainant," the inmates said.
The senators were on a visit to the correctional facility on Tuesday.
The inmates cited a recent case aired by Citizen TV in which a convicted man was allegedly framed by his wife who accused him of sexually molesting their daughter.
"We have seen instances where people are being framed by their own children due to influence and undue pressure from their mothers," they said.
Senators Mutula Kilonzo Jnr, Mohamed Faki, and Mithika Linturi said they were surprised the file of the inmate in the expose' had not been recalled.
"Why has the file of the Kamiti prisoner whose daughter said she was influenced to incriminate the father not reached the Chief Justice?," Mutula said.
The inmates petitioned the committee to develop a law to facilitatethe integration of offenders who have completed their jail time.