Women MPs plan to rally numbers for gender rule

Kenya Women Parliamentary Association members led by their chairperson Cecily Mbarire (centre) address the press on the two-third gender rule. (Photo:File/Standard)

Women fighting for political inclusion have come up with seven principles they insist must be met before they accept any proposal on the political headache that is the two-thirds gender rule.

The goal is to woo men to support the top-up formula to make sure that no more than two-thirds of the people in public bodies are from the same gender. They want a formula that will require “least-intrusive” amendment of the Constitution, and one which will address the concerns about the wage bill associated with a bloated Parliament.