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House faces dissolution as court digs in over gender rule

MPs and Senators during State of the Nation Address by President Uhuru Kenyatta.

The lifeline of elected Members of the National Assembly hangs in the balance after the Court of Appeal upheld a decision to have Parliament dissolved for failing to meet the two thirds gender rule.

Yesterday, Court of Appeal judges once again placed the August House in a dicey situation as anyone can petition the Chief Justice to have the 12th Parliament dissolved or even revive an existing one.

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