Female Members of Tanzania’s Parliament have demanded a public apology after a male MP, Hussein Amar criticized the outfit of a female MP, Condester Sichwale which led to her dismissal.
The team, led by Jacqueline Ngonyani and Stella Manyanya insist that there was no fault in what the excused MP wore and was unfair.
The speaker, Job Ndugai instructed the lady to “go and dress up well, and then join us later”. According to the speaker, it was not the first time Sichwale’s outfit would be criticized and further instructed that going forward ill-dressed Members of Parliament would not be granted entry.
Hussein Amar had exclaimed that the way women dressed ridiculed the parliamentary activities
“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 clothing which MP Hussien Amar did not elaborate on what was particularly amiss garnered some momentum on social media as onlookers tried to find fault in what Sichwale wore, except for the fact that she wore a pair of trousers.
The issue also brought to the fore the fact that more and more women are getting exasperated over men telling them what they should or shouldn’t be able to do.