{"id":1265672,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1265672/?format=json","text_counter":227,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Wajir North, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Ibrahim Saney","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me the opportunity. The Penal Code is a very old product of the colonial regime. If you have a thorough discernment of what it entails, you will realise that it is still a colonial outfit. It pushes Kenyans to what we feel is behind us - colonial mentality. The words they use in the Penal Code like loitering, drunkenness, indecent acts, behaving in a manner to procure prostitution are ambiguous. They are in English, but have no relevance. They give judges the latitude to give wide discretionary judgements. I believe time has come for us to review the Penal Code. Our freedoms, rights and liberties are stipulated in our 2010 Constitution which is a very progressive and wonderful document."}