The Senate on Wednesday, March 24 interrupted its normal proceedings to discuss a photoshopped image of Kisumu Senator Frederick Outa that has since gone viral.
The doctored image showed Kisumu Senator taking a vaccine jab while allegedly wearing a brassiere, a piece of women clothing commonly known as a bra.
Outa sought to have a resolution by the Senate, compelling Interior CS Fred Matiang'i crack down on bloggers who he accused of discouraging Kenyans from taking the Covid-19 vaccine by sharing the photoshopped image.
Senators from across the political divide defended the Kisumu Senator but shied away from his call to have a resolution urging the Ministry of Interior to intervene.
"I would like to inform Outa that he is right on the misinformation, it includes a doctored picture of the senator taking the vaccine and I can confirm this because I was the one who took the picture," Murkomen stated.
Ford Kenya party leader Moses Wetangula also sought clarification on the matter which became the main point of contention among the politicians.
"The photo doing rounds is that of Fred Outa wearing a bra of a woman and the trousers of a man, so we want to know whether the image is real," Wetangula asked.
"Mr Speaker, as you can see I am a man with all the materials that are required to be a man and that's why I am sending this information to Kenyans that we have bloggers out there to taint my image," Outa clarified.
The Kisumu senator urged the ministry of interior to hunt down those spewing propaganda on social media and ensure that legal action is taken against them
Known for their occasional dramas and controversies, the legislators are not shy of deviating from their normal proceedings to share a few laughs.
Recently, a woman from Kawangware, Nairobi County began hawking groundnuts at the National Assembly after she had finished presenting her views on the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) bill.
Beatrice Wayeko alias Mama Njugu received much applause from the politicians who commended her for her hustle.
