Women MPs intensify lobbying for two-thirds gender bill

Women leaders have admitted that convincing male MPs to pass a law allowing at least a third of elected MPs to be of either gender is an uphill task but vowed to soldier on.

Speaking in Nairobi Thursday, Kenya Women Parliamentary Association Chairperson Cecily Mbarire said it will be no mean task to persuade two-thirds of MPs to pass the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill, 2015 sponsored by National Assembly Majority Leader Aden Duale.