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Opinion: Enactment of law on two-thirds gender representation overdue

Member of Parliament for Ainabkoi and the Chairman of the Parliamentary Justice and Legal Affairs Committee Samwel Chepkonga

The constitutional two-thirds gender representation requirement has elicited a lot of debate, yet what remains outstanding is the inability or unwillingness by Members of Parliament to effect it.

Notably, in 2015, Member of Parliament for Ainabkoi and the Chairman of the Parliamentary Justice and Legal Affairs Committee Samwel Chepkonga introduced a constitutional amendment bill that sought to suspend the clause on the two-thirds gender rule.

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