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Commission on Revenue Allocation chairman and constitutional lawyer on gender rule for seats

Chairman of Commission on Revenue Allocation Micah Cheserem. [Photo: BEVERLYNE MUSILI/Standard]

The chairman of Commission on Revenue Allocation and a constitutional lawyer have proposed that the National Assembly nominates 76 women to meet the gender rule and later on reduce the number of constituencies to 150.

CRA Chairman Micah Cheserem said Parliament should use nomination of 76 women as a short-term measure to meet the gender rule and beat the deadline set out by the Constitution.

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