UDA MP Hints At Suing Wetangula After Being Kicked Out Of Parliament
Kagombe argued that he discovered a new religion which allowed him to don a turban on his head during the House sittings.
Marvin Chege 
Gatundu South Member of Parliament Gabriel Kagombe on Thursday, June 29 expressed his intention of moving to court after he was kicked out of Parliament over his dress code.
Speaking to the media outside Parliament buildings, Kagombe argued that he discovered a new religion which allowed him to don a turban on his head during the House sittings.
The United Democratic Alliance (UDA) allied MP was first tasked by National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula to explain his choice of headgear, the turban, failure to which he would be thrown out of the chambers.
Gatundu South Member of Parliament Gabriel Kagombe (left in a turban) at Parliament Buildings on June 29, 2023. /TWITTER.GABRIEL KAGOMBE
Taking to the floor of the house, the first-term legislator expressed that his new religion had compelled him to wear a turban to vital functions.
“Since the last time I attended Parliament, I joined a new church that requires me to wear the headgear to important formal functions,” he explained.
He was hard-pressed to explain the church he joined, to which he replied that it was a newly-registered church.
“It is called the Church of Love and Acceptance,” he defended himself arguing that it would be wrong for the Speaker to kick him out of the house in contravention of Article 32 of the Constitution.
Wetangula would however hear none of it and as a result, he ordered Kagombe out of Parliament on the basis of improper dress code.
“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 ruled.
During the presser, he reiterated his reference to Article 32 of the Constitution which gives Kenyans the freedom of religion by stating, “Every person has the right to freedom of conscience, religion, thought, belief and opinion.”
In protest of Wetangula's decision to kick him out of the chambers, Kagombe threatened to take legal action against the Speaker so that he can return to the House.
“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.
“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," he declared.
According to Speakers Rules (2017), members are required not to enter the chamber, lounge or dining room without being properly dressed.
Male parliamentarians are allowed to be dressed in a coal collar, tie, long trousers, socks and shoes, or service uniform, religious attire or such other decent dressing as may be approved by the Speaker from time to time.
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