Gatundu South Member of Parliament Gabriel Kagombe has stated that he is contemplating of moving to court after National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula kicked him out of parliament over wearing a turban.
Addressing the media on Thursday, June 29 at Parliament buildings, Kagombe stated that he has found a new religion, which allows him to wear a turban.
“My newfound religion dictates that I wear a turban on the head. This is not new, it is keeping with Article 32 of the constitution that allows me and anybody else in this republic to associate, confess, and profess to any religion that they belong to,” said Kagombe.
He added, “I am therefore protesting the actions of the Speaker kicking me out of the house and telling me to go and remove my turban that now signifies my newfound religion, I feel aggrieved and I am going to seek other ways, I might be going to court to ask that I be admitted to parliament.”
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Speaker Wetangula Kicked Kagombe out of the chamber after noting that the Akorino is the only religion that wears a turban in Kenya.
“The chair takes Judicial notice of the fact that the only sect I know that dresses the way you are dressed is the Akorino. To the extent that you are naming something totally different, I rule you out of order and you will have to go and change your gear and come back,” he stated.
