Bomet Women Representative Linet Toto has sparked speculations in parliament by kneeling before Sotik MP, Fracis Sigei while addressing him.
This moment caused a heated debate among Members of Parliament with Female MPs criticizing the situation.
Millie Odhiambo addressed the situation during parliament which caused laughter to some of the Members of Parliament.
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My concern is Honorable Toto is kneeling; I know that the member she is speaking to is a very Honorable and much older member but is she in order to be kneeling. In this house we are presumed to be all equal, as much as it shows respect culturally, it is not in order.
Millie Odhiambo said.
The Speaker addressed the issue by telling Millie that the last time the word kneeling was used in the house, a Vice President lost his job.
Suna East Mp, Junet Mohammed allegedly said that he had just been informed that Linet Toto had just come back from Uganda, and she must have learnt the mannerism from there.
Mp Dorice Donya who felt offended by the matter felt that the whole process of kneeling would ruin people’s marriages.
Mr. Speaker, this statement might be taken seriously and when we go home our men will demand we start kneeling. You will be ruining our marriages. We are not going to live in a society where men tell women what to do on this 21st century.
Kisii Mp Donya stated.
The Speaker of Parliament, Moses Wetangula however stated that women kneeling before men was a normal behavior.
The behavior of kneeling before men is practiced in Uganda where women kneel before men. The behavior is mostly practiced by the Baganda in the central region of the country.
