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Give women more seats, President Uhuru Kenyatta told

Narc Kenya’s Martha Karua addresses the media when she led women committee leaders on gender rule to meet CORD leader Raila Odinga (right) Thursday. [PHOTO: MOSES OMUSULA/STANDARD]

NAIROBI: Opposition leaders have accused the Jubilee administration of lacking the political will to facilitate election of more women MPs.

The leaders claimed that President Uhuru Kenyatta’s regime does not have the political will to put in place mechanisms to ensure that the not more than two-thirds gender quota in Parliament is implemented.

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