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Subukia MP Koigi wa Wamwere, Minister for Roads & Public Works and Lang'ata MP Raila Odinga, and Kisumu Town East MP Gor Sunguh pose outside Kenya's Parliament Buildings in Nairobi on July 15, 2003, after returning to the House in African attire at the height of a national debate over Parliament's colonial era dress code.
Their appearance came days after Speaker Francis ole Kaparo had ordered them out of the Chamber for wearing African garments deemed inconsistent with the House's requirement that male members appear in coat, tie, long trousers, and shoes.
The three legislators argued that Kenya's Parliament, four decades after independence, should embrace African formal wear as a symbol of national identity rather than continue enforcing conventions inherited from the British colonial legislature.
Coming only months after the National Rainbow Coalition's historic election victory ended KANU's four decade hold on power, the episode reflected the wider spirit of political and cultural renewal that accompanied Kenya's democratic transition in 2003.
#RailaOdinga
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Their appearance came days after Speaker Francis ole Kaparo had ordered them out of the Chamber for wearing African garments deemed inconsistent with the House's requirement that male members appear in coat, tie, long trousers, and shoes.
The three legislators argued that Kenya's Parliament, four decades after independence, should embrace African formal wear as a symbol of national identity rather than continue enforcing conventions inherited from the British colonial legislature.
Coming only months after the National Rainbow Coalition's historic election victory ended KANU's four decade hold on power, the episode reflected the wider spirit of political and cultural renewal that accompanied Kenya's democratic transition in 2003.
#RailaOdinga
#AfricanHistory
