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Africa News of Tuesday, 1 June 2021

Source: www.ghanaweb.com

Tanzania female MP ejected from parliament for wearing tight trousers

• Condester Sichwale, a ruling party MP in Tanzania was ejected from parliament

• The speaker of parliament ruled that she was improperly dressed

• The main issue of contention had to do with her tight-fitting trousers, local media reports

Tanzania’s Speaker of Parliament today threw out a female Member of Parliament over improper dressing, local media portals have reported.

The Swahili-language Mwanachi newspaper reported that Speaker Job Ndugai ordered Condester Sichwale be escorted out of the legislative chamber because she was wearing tight fitting trousers.

A parliamentary official is shown in viral social media photos escorting the MP out of the chamber.

She is spotted wearing a yellow top with a black pair of trousers, which is said to be the center of the sack. A local portal said the attire flouted the internal values of the legislature.

A number of seated lawmakers are captured looking on as she is escorted out of the chamber. Sichwale who happens to be MP for Momba is a member of the ruling party, Chama Cha Mapinduzi, CCM.