On Sept. 11, a Kenyan lawmaker put forth a plan to end what she considers a big problem — mile-high flatulence.
Range Constituency representative Dr. Lilian Gogo of Nairobi called for resolution to people passing gas in airplane cabins during a parliamentary debate Wednesday regarding the National Assembly Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing, according to Nairobi News.
“There is one irritant that is often ignored, and this is the level of farting within the aircraft,” Gogo said. “There are passengers who literary irritate fellow passengers by passing bad smell and uncomfortable fart. If there is anyone given irritant that makes people fight on board, it is the fart, it is terrible within the plane.”
When pressed by another member of parliament on how exactly Gogo would implement such reform, she said it starts with staff training.
“We need special training on aircraft crew so that they provide medicines like bicarbonate of soda to passengers after meals and drinks have been served,” Gogo reportedly answered. “We should also have paramedics, who are trained in basic first aid included in the international and local flights.”
Gogo told fellow legislators that if she’s the only one among them who’s encountered this problem, they should consider themselves “very lucky.” The longer the flight, she argued, the worse the problem.
“We cannot be secure on board when the other passengers are experiencing discomfort,” she said. “Farting and flatulence is done progressively and can be contained.”
Gogo also suggested limiting alcohol consumption on flights could amount to less cheese-cutting as well.
