Kgathi accused of lying to Parley

Kgathi on Thursday told Parliament that ordinary prisoners and prison warders do not play any role in the execution of condemned prisoners. “There is no hangman outsourced for this task, but a selected team made up of Prison officers undertake execution of condemned prisoners in accordance with Section 120 as read with Regulation 78(1) of the Prisons Act (Cap. 21:03),” he said.

He said the law prescribes the method of carrying out the death sentence as hanging and the sentence shall not be carried out in any other way until the law has been changed or amended, adding that there is no consideration to use other methods of execution.