Leaders face acid test as Gender Bill returns to House

Women MPs from left Joyce Kamene (Machakos), Catherine Wambilianga (Bungoma) and Zulekha Juma (Nominated) at Parliament during the debate on the Two Third Gender Rule bill. [Boniface Okendo/Standard]

Eight years after promulgation of the Constitution, the controversial Gender Bill is still a mirage despite three attempts to have Parliament pass it.

First, former Justice and Legal Affairs committee chair Samuel Chepkonga’s proposal to have the gender principle implemented progressively elicited sharp reactions from the Bill’s proponents.