Conscientiously, the word few MPs can pronounce – VIDEO
A number of Members of Parliament taking their oaths on Thursday encountered a stumbling block in one of the most unlikely places: a word in the prescribed oath.
That word that even some of the well-known orators found too heavy for their tongues is “conscientiously”.
The worst part? Everyone taking the oath must read all the words are outlined in the constitution.
Many read the word as “consciously”, which has a different meaning from the word conscientiously.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
The word conscientiously, according to Oxford Dictionary, means to be in a “thorough and responsible way, or in a way that is motivated by one’s moral sense of right and wrong.
On the other hand, the word “consciously” means in a deliberate and intentional way or in a way that is directly perceptible to and under the control of the person concerned.
Social media also noticed and they had the comments.
#MPsSwear most difficult word today for mps CONSCIENTIOUSLY heeeeee nipe yaa eeeeh….. English? NO!
— ferdinand (@ferdinandronon) August 31, 2017
@WilliceOchieng1 @BettyMKyallo Utasaidie na hii word 'conscientiously' that has proved proved problematic during swearing of MPs. Asante
— Echuman Koriang (@EchumanKoriang) August 31, 2017
The word is CONSCIENTIOUSLY but their are reading it CONSCIOUSLY both upper and lower house. Tumechezwa..
— phil_Philip (@Phil_phiilip) August 31, 2017
https://twitter.com/nimuwangombe/status/903179699194605568
Y'all laughing but your MP is deliberately mispronouncing "conscientiously". Who wants to be thorough, responsible and moral. #Kenya
— BriKoech (@KipkemboiKoech) August 31, 2017
for conscientiously i declare De Minimis non Curat Lex
— WENDO JASPER (@wendojasper) August 31, 2017
MPs should be allowed to take the Oath of Office in mother-tongue so as to avoid pronouncing their own things instead of #conscientiously?
— calvin jared (@CalvinJerrythe1) August 31, 2017
This word #Conscientiously.? The struggle is real for these Mpigs.???#MPsSwear
— GG (@minorgithanga) August 31, 2017
I think Waheshimiwas should introduce a bill to strike off the word "conscientiously" from their Oath.Iko 'chida' #12thParliament @ntvkenya pic.twitter.com/0tKcYfeG6y
— Obaka (@GenOmbede) August 31, 2017
