{"id":705976,"date":"2019-09-15T14:03:47","date_gmt":"2019-09-15T14:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/09\/15\/kenyan-mp-demands-law-to-control-farting-on-planes\/"},"modified":"2019-09-15T14:03:47","modified_gmt":"2019-09-15T14:03:47","slug":"kenyan-mp-demands-law-to-control-farting-on-planes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/15\/kenyan-mp-demands-law-to-control-farting-on-planes\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenyan MP demands law to control farting on planes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A Kenyan MP has demanded that a law be passed to help flight crews deal with passengers battling flatulence on board.<\/p>\n

Lilian Achieng Gogo, MP for Rangwe constituency in western Kenya, told parliament that farting passengers were increasingly becoming a security threat because of the discomfort caused to fellow travellers.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThere is one irritant that it is often ignored, and this is the level of farting within the aircraft. If this is not managed well it can cause discomfort and insecurity on board,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The MP was contributing to a motion about amendments to a law on offences committed on aircraft.<\/span><\/p>\n

Among her proposed reforms was one that would allow flight crews to dispense anti-flatulent drugs to passengers.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe should have systems of the food offered on board and we should have basic medical systems that are able to reduce the level of gas that one can exude within the flight,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Farting was such an irritant that it could lead to fights on board between travellers, Ms. Gogo explained.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cFarting is terrible within the plane,\u201d she lamented.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\u201cWe should have basic provision of medicines like Eno\u2026 yes this should be done and it should be a practice that is embedded in law.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n