Senator Gloria Orwoba

Senator Gloria Orwoba is sponsoring a motion on free distribution of sanitary pads.

Because it is the women who are trying to make this thing a crime,” she said. "There is a girl who killed herself because of the same issue that I'm going through. I have collars. It is so indecent" Mutinda said. I have suit. “I find it very uncomfortable.

The nominated senators were forced to leave the Senate chambers after their dressing was deemed inappropriate.

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Challenged by colleagues on the inappropriate presentation, Orwoba stood her ground saying her menstrual cycle cannot impede her legislative role.

“So, women are not supposed to be in the Senate because they have periods? Are we not supposed to have periods on valentine’s day?” she posed. “What Senator Gloria has done to this House today is disgrace and a lot of shame. It is so indecent because this is a natural thing that as women we go through, but our society and culture requires privacy,” Mutinda retorted. “We have a girl who killed herself because of the same thing that I am going through and now I understand why because it is the women who are making it a crime,” she protested. “If senator Gloria was being honest of which she is not in this case and as a mature person she would have gone to the bathroom and covered herself,” the Narok Senator said.

There was a moment of drama earlier today in the Senate after Senator Gloria Orwamba was sent away from the chambers for attending the session with stained ...

[Karen Nyamu](https://kiswahili.tuko.co.ke/tag/karen-nyamu/) [was also kicked out of the Senate chambers ](https://www.tuko.co.ke/entertainment/celebrities/494479-karen-nyamu-kicked-senate-chambers-inappropriate-dressing/)by the speaker due to her inappropriate dress code. "The senator today walked to Parliament precincts with a "blood" stained white suit pant to demonstrate the ordeal girls and women go through when experiencing their menstrual cycle." There was a moment of drama earlier today in the Senate after Senator Gloria Orwamba was sent away from the chambers for attending the session with a stained suit. [mixed reactions in the House.](https://www.tuko.co.ke/politics/494480-boni-khalwale-lectures-senator-gloria-orwoba-wearing-stained-pants-wont/) - Her stunt, however, ignited a myriad of reactions though she had claimed that she was on her cycle, adding that the stain was a natural accident - A statement from parliament indicated that the nominated senator donned the stained trousers to bring to light the plight of women and girls going through during periods

Nominated Senator Gloria Orwoba caused quite a storm in Parliament on Tuesday after she was ejected from a Senate Plenary session for wearing stained pants.

“I think I’m dressed as per the standing orders; I’m covered, I have a suit, I have collars, I’m just short of a tie. “It is quite evident that the distinguished Senator is picketing. He reasoned that the Senator was trying to demonstrate the ordeal girls and women go through when experiencing their menstrual cycle.

The issue of her dress code was brought to the attention of Speaker Amason Kingi by Tabitha Mutinda also a UDA nominated Senator. She sought clarification from ...

She described the point of order raised by Senator Mutinda as an attack on an accident that is natural to a woman’s body. According to Ole Kina, once Senator Orwoba realized that she was on her period and that she had stained her clothes, she should have gone to the bathroom and covered herself. Kitui Senator Enoch Wambua said that the legislators have spouses and female family members who go through cycles and they manage it privately.