Appeal court rules on gender equity of Supreme Court

The Supreme Court. [Edward Kiplimo, Standard]

The push for gender equity got a boost after the Court of Appeal declared that it is unconstitutional to have more than two thirds of the same gender at the Supreme Court.

In the landmark ruling, the first of its kind after several attempts, Court of Appeal Judges Agnes Murgor and Jamila Mohamed declared there can be no more than four members of one gender sitting at the Supreme Court.