{"id":25585,"date":"2016-05-26T02:18:58","date_gmt":"2016-05-26T02:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/uganda-mps-receive-riot-act-on-dress-eating\/"},"modified":"2016-05-26T02:18:46","modified_gmt":"2016-05-26T02:18:46","slug":"uganda-mps-receive-riot-act-on-dress-eating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/uganda-mps-receive-riot-act-on-dress-eating\/","title":{"rendered":"Uganda:MPs receive riot act on dress, eating habits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{Yesterday was a fashion tips day at Parliament for the new MPs.}<\/p>\n<p>From how they should walk, how they should sit, eat, dance, how heavy they should fill their plates at a buffet line to how long they should stay at parties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t wear bras that pump-up your boobs. Don\u2019t wear skirts that reveal the \u201csubject matter\u201d. Don\u2019t wear back shows. Don\u2019t wear tight trousers. Please always use a deodorant,\u201d MPs Abdu Katuntu, Jacob Oboth Oboth and Jalia Bintu warned the freshers.<br \/>\nThe three were selected for their seniority and membership on last Parliament\u2019s rules committee, to take the new legislators through matters of house decorum.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have to overhaul your wardrobe if you have not done that already,\u201d Mr Oboth Oboth said, adding: \u201cYou may want to put on a yellow shirt, yellow trouser and yellow everything but if someone comes in the house looking for a musician, you may fall victim.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the audience was Arua Municipality MP Ibrahim Abiriga dressed in what looked like a yellow linen Kaunda suit with a yellow T-shirt inside. At his swearing in, he showed up all dressed in yellow with a cap reading, NRM is my party.<\/p>\n<p>Singling out one MP who had buttoned up his jacket while sitting, Mr Abdu Katuntu said: \u201cI can tell you are feeling uncomfortable,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Dressing well, Mr Katuntu said, is law and anything short of that doesn not only embarrass the MP but ashames the constituency and the institution of Parliament,.<br \/>\nHowever, it was MP Jalia Bintu\u2019s frank talk that left the House in fits of laughter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease the men. Those tight trousers inconvenience the opposite sex. Imagine looking at someone in a tight trouser whose AK (47) is charged,\u201d she said amid laughters.<br \/>\nSpeaker Rebecca Kadaga warned against absenteeism singling out former MP Nsubuga Kipoi, who was jettisoned from Parliament for absenteeism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe asked for leave of three weeks but instead went to DR Congo and was arrested trading in arms and cocaine,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-12437 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/home06pix-3.jpg\" alt=\"Some of the MPs of the 10th Parliament listen to proceedings during an orientation meeting in Kampala yesterday. 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