One-third gender rule calls for more women participation

Ainabkoi Member of Parliament and chairman of the parliamentary Justice and Legal Affairs committee Samwel Chepkonga last week introduced a constitutional amendment bill that seeks to suspend the clause on the one-third gender rule in elective representation.

In December 2012, the Supreme Court gave an advisory opinion that the one-third gender rule be fully operational by August 27, 2015, an opinion the proposed amendment bill seeks to negate.