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Gender Bill exposes our shortcomings

Losing has a way of clarifying things. Parliament’s failure to enact the Duale Bill last week was a significant loss for women and the country.

We had an opportunity to rise above ourselves and begin to entrench the Constitution as an inviolable social contract and the supreme law but we chose not to. But it is also an opportunity to reflect on the type of leadership we have and what we need.

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