{"id":287499,"date":"2011-03-03T07:08:08","date_gmt":"2011-03-03T07:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/03\/kenyan-politician-thrown-out-of-parliament-for-earrings\/"},"modified":"2011-03-03T07:08:08","modified_gmt":"2011-03-03T07:08:08","slug":"kenyan-politician-thrown-out-of-parliament-for-earrings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/03\/kenyan-politician-thrown-out-of-parliament-for-earrings\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenyan politician thrown out of parliament for earrings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"62.392974753\">  <!-- start feedback link --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/feedback link --><br \/>\n       <!-- Tracking values --><\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_start --><!--startclickprintinclude-->   <!--endclickprintinclude--> <!--startclickprintexclude--> <!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"40\"><!-- google_ad_section_start --><!-- CONTENT -->  <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><b>STORY HIGHLIGHTS<\/b><\/p>\n<ul><!-- google_ad_section_start --><\/p>\n<li>The young lawmaker is known for his flashy dressing<\/li>\n<li>He has been nicknamed Sonko, slang for a rich man<\/li>\n<li>He is admonished and asked to leave the session <\/li>\n<p> <!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--endclickprintexclude--> <!--startclickprintinclude--> <\/p>\n<p><b>Nairobi, Kenya (CNN)<\/b> &#8212; A young Kenyan lawmaker known for his flashy dressing was kicked out of parliament this week after he showed up wearing sunglasses and earrings.<\/p>\n<p>Gidion Mbuvi attended a parliament session in a pale suit. An uproar ensued when lawmakers questioned  his accessories, which included earrings on both ears and aviator sunglasses.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m representing the youth in this house,&#8221; Mbuvi said at the session Tuesday. &#8220;I think the honorable members should concentrate on constituencies instead of interfering with me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Other lawmakers concurred while others slammed his attire. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the history of this world since God created the world, men have never  imitated women,&#8221; said Bifwoli Wakoli, the assistant minister of lands.<\/p>\n<p>Mbuvi was admonished and asked to leave the session. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The speaker vehemently says that the way the honorable Sonko is dressed today  does not depict, in the eyes and opinions and the conscience of the chamber &#8230; a  dress befitting the dignity of this house and a member of parliament,&#8221; said  Farah Maalim, the deputy speaker. &#8220;You will  remain out of the house until you are dressed properly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The controversial member of parliament represents the capital Nairobi.<\/p>\n<p>His flamboyant dressing has earned him the nickname Sonko, a Swahili slang for rich man.<\/p>\n<p><!--endclickprintinclude--><!-- google_ad_section_end --><br \/>\n<!-- \/cnn_strybtmcntnt --><\/div>\n<p><!-- \/cnn_strycntnt --><!-- \/cnn_strycntntrgt --><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Continued here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/rss.cnn.com\/~r\/rss\/edition_africa\/~3\/TNAQgnr9-fM\/index.html\" title=\"Kenyan politician thrown out of parliament for earrings\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kenyan politician thrown out of parliament for earrings<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> STORY HIGHLIGHTS The young lawmaker is known for his flashy dressing He has been nicknamed Sonko, slang for a rich man He is admonished and asked to leave the session Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) &#8212; A young Kenyan lawmaker known for his flashy dressing was kicked out of parliament this week after he showed up wearing sunglasses and earrings. Gidion Mbuvi attended a parliament session in a pale suit. An uproar ensued when lawmakers questioned his accessories, which included earrings on both ears and aviator sunglasses<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-287499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kenyan politician thrown out of parliament for earrings - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/03\/kenyan-politician-thrown-out-of-parliament-for-earrings\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Kenyan politician thrown out of parliament for earrings - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"STORY HIGHLIGHTS The young lawmaker is known for his flashy dressing He has been nicknamed Sonko, slang for a rich man He is admonished and asked to leave the session Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) -- A young Kenyan lawmaker known for his flashy dressing was kicked out of parliament this week after he showed up wearing sunglasses and earrings. 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