Woman MP removed from Parliament for wearing tight-fitting trousers, video goes viral

A Member of Parliament (MP) in Tanzania was told to leave the National Assembly because of her tight-fitting trousers on Tuesday (June 1). "Go dress up well, and...Join us back later," the Speaker Job Ndugai told Condester Sichwale, a female Tanzanian lawmaker.

Ndugai said this after a male MP said, "Some of our sisters are wearing strange clothes...What are they showing to the society?"

Legislator Hussein Amar argued that Parliament was a reflection of society, citing a portion of Parliament's rules forbidding female legislators from wearing tight jeans.

KICKED OUT

Tanzanian MP Condester Michael Sichlwe caused a stir in parliament in Dodoma today 'by wearing black tight-fitting trousers, and yellow top'.

Speaker of Parliament Job Ndugai threw her out for wearing 'non-parliamentary attire'.

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— Louis Jadwong (@Jadwong) June 1, 2021

Following this, women lawmakers in Tanzania have called for an apology to Sichwale.

Speaker Job Ndugai said that this was not the first time he had received a complaint regarding the clothing of female MPs, and instructed chamber orderlies to refuse access to anyone who was dressed inappropriately.

(With inputs from agencies)