Tanzanian MPs demand apology for 'tight' trousers incident
Source: BBC
Female MPs in Tanzania have called for an apology to an MP who was ordered to leave parliament because of her trousers.
A male MP said the way some women dressed invited ridicule to parliament.
"Mr Speaker, an example there is my sister seated on my right with a yellow shirt. Look at the trousers she has worn, Mr Speaker!" Hussein Amar said in parliament on Tuesday.
The Speaker then ordered the MP, Condester Sichwale, to leave.
"Go dress up well, and then join us back later," said the Speaker Job Ndugai.
He added that this was not the first complaint he had received about female Member of Parliaments' attire, and told chamber orderlies to deny entry to anyone who was inappropriately dressed.
Click here to read the full article published by BBC on 2 June 2021.
Female MPs in Tanzania have called for an apology to an MP who was ordered to leave parliament because of her trousers.
A male MP said the way some women dressed invited ridicule to parliament.
"Mr Speaker, an example there is my sister seated on my right with a yellow shirt. Look at the trousers she has worn, Mr Speaker!" Hussein Amar said in parliament on Tuesday.
The Speaker then ordered the MP, Condester Sichwale, to leave.
"Go dress up well, and then join us back later," said the Speaker Job Ndugai.
He added that this was not the first complaint he had received about female Member of Parliaments' attire, and told chamber orderlies to deny entry to anyone who was inappropriately dressed.
Click here to read the full article published by BBC on 2 June 2021.