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    "id": 205144,
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    "speaker_name": "Ms. Ndung'u",
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        "legal_name": "Susanna Njoki Ndung'u",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, on behalf of the Committee on Administration of Justice and Legal Affairs, I beg to move:- THAT, the provisions relating to the Penal Code be amended- (e) by deleting the proposed amendment to Section 182 Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I would like to read the original Section 182 to the hon. Members so that they can understand the amendment. Section 182 for idle and disorderly persons. It says:- \"Where one is a common prostitute, a beggar, a person who is causing a breach of peace or a person who is committing an indecent act, a person who solicits for immoral purposes, all those persons are deemed to be idle and disorderly and are guilty of a misdemeanour and imprisonment---\" Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, the Attorney-General is proposing to include, as idle and disorderly persons, any person:- (i) \"uses words, gestures and actions that annoy, alarm or abuse a person; (ii) insults, taunts or challenges a person in a manner likely to offend; (iii) uses obscene or profane language to intimidate a person; and, (iv) disturbs or irritates, especially by continued and repeated acts.\" We became very concerned mainly because the circumstances are not clear. For example, will this apply to family members who are having a family detach? Will it apply to hon. Members as we lobby one another and, perhaps, annoy one another? Therefore, I think that this particular 3772 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES September 6, 2007 proposal is really not well placed. I move that we delete this proposal by the Attorney-General."
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