This archive report was first published on 16 September 2019.
On September 12, 2019, exiled lawyer and politician Miguna Miguna took to Twitter to voice his disgust with Rangwe MP Lilian Gogo's proposal to ban farting on planes.
According to Miguna, Gogo's proposal was an 'abomination' that showed how low the MP's supporters had sunk. He made the comments in response to Gogo's demand for a law to ban farting in planes, citing 'insecurity and lack of comfort on board flights' as reasons.
"I knew that something was wrong with this woman when I saw her eating ugali and fish with a fork, twice. In Luo culture, it is an abomination for a grown up to do that," Miguna wrote.
MPs had been debating the adoption of a report on the consideration of the protocol to amend the convention of offenses and certain acts committed on board aircraft when Gogo made her comments.
"There is one irritant that is often ignored and this is the level of farting within the aircraft. There are passengers, who literary irritate fellow passengers by passing bad smell and uncomfortable fart," Gogo had complained.
