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"If you thought your office dress code was serious, wait until you hear this story: A 35-year-old Kenyan lawmaker was recently thrown out of parliament after the other members of the assembly decided he was wearing too much jewelry, and his look &amp;quot;offended the dignity of the assembly.&amp;quot; According to the BBC, the other members of parliament decided his look was too flamboyant and stripped him of his position as a result. &amp;quot;He was thrown out of parliament on Tuesday after other MPs decided that the way he dressed offended the dignity of the assembly. Deputy Speaker Farah Maalim said the house had never before been entered by a male lawmaker wearing earrings.&amp;quot; Sign up for our style newsletter and get the best of our fashion blog, delivered straight to your inbox! But Mbuvi is fighting back, saying he is the new guard of Kenyan politics: &amp;quot;&amp;#x27;I represent the youths who elected me to parliament,&amp;#x27; Gidion Mbuvi, 35, told the BBC. &amp;#x27;This is our generation. It is our time,&amp;#x27; said the MP who drives a Hummer car, like many US rap stars. He says MPs should be allowed to wear &amp;#x27;extras&amp;#x27; such as sunglasses and earrings, as long as they wear suits. He said that Kenya had been governed by old men for too long. &amp;#x27;I&amp;#x27;m trying to prove to the world that it is the right time for the youth to be in charge of our nation,&amp;#x27; he said.&amp;quot; You can read the full story over at BBC, then tell us...whose side are you on? Do you believe that lawmakers should have to abide by certain wardrobe guidelines? Do you think big bling on a man pushes the limits of taste and acceptability in parliament? Discuss! PLUS... - OMG: $46.1 million diamond breaks the world record AND! - $50 &amp;amp; Under: Seriously dazzling earrings What&amp;#x27;s With All the Spam in the Comments Section? Sick of all those annoying ads in the comments section lately? So are we! We police the site regularly and delete spam as soon as we can, but recently, the volume of spam has increased dramatically. We&amp;#x27;re working on a way to block them permanently, so please bear with us, and know that we&amp;#x27;re as eager as you are to get read of these pests. Meanwhile, please continue to use the Report Abuse button to flag spam--it really does help!-- and continue to leave your brilliant feedback below. If you have any urgent questions about the spam, please contact us. More Ways to Get Glamour: Download Glamour onyour iPhone or iPad! Like freebies? Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! Sign up for our fashion and beauty newsletters to get easy style tips (it&amp;#x27;ll make your inbox 10x sexier, we promise). One more PS: Did you know you can now read glamour.com on your smart phone?! It&amp;amp;#8217;s the ultimate boredom buster."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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