A Kenyan lawmaker will appear in court Friday for slapping a female colleague before the reading of the national budget, police said. Fatuma Gedi — who is on the budget committee — accused fellow MP Rashid Kassim Amin of slapping her twice on Thursday for failing to allocate certain funds to his constituency. Parliament has no room for criminals.”Soon after the incident, female MPs waiting inside the house for the reading of the annual budget staged a walkout. Another female MP Gladys Wanga described witnessing Amin “hurling insults … which were followed by blows”. “I am shocked that women leaders can be attacked by none other than their male colleagues in this parliament.

Source: Punch June 14, 2019 10:52 UTC