Gender rule case circus plays out in court

Row over implementation of the two-thirds gender rule in Parliament has moved to court. [File, Standard]

The controversy over implementing the two-thirds gender rule in Parliament has resurfaced in court following revelations that the Speakers of both Houses secured a stay order from the Court of Appeal, halting legal proceedings.

This revelation was presented Wednesday before a five-judge bench of the High Court, recently appointed by Chief Justice Martha Koome, to address 10 consolidated petitions seeking the dissolution of the National Assembly over its failure to enact laws supporting the two-thirds gender rule.