Five years into implementing the Kenyan Constitution: Politics of gender and the “where next?”

<p>&nbsp;</p><p>Stretching the length of time seems like a very attractive idea for Kenyan legislators today. About 21 weeks to an August 2015 legislative deadline, consensus inside and out of Parliament has not been reached on a formula to ensure equitable gender representation in subsequent parliaments in line with Article 27(8) of the Constitution.&nbsp;<span style="line-height: 20.3999996185303px;">Representatives of various lobby groups attended and presented their various formulae and strategies toward gender-equitable representation in national parliament at the Heinrich Boell Stiftung’s Gender Forum on 26th March 2015.</span></p><p><span style="line-height: 20.3999996185303px;"><br></span></p><p><strong>27th August 2015: Five years since the Constitution</strong></p>
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