Kenya's two-third constitutional gender rule could be implemented by June 2016

By Lilian Aluanga-Delvaux and Alphonce Shiundu, 4 April 2016
Women MPs (Photo credit: Standard Media)
Women MPs (Photo credit: Standard Media)
<p><span>Kenya could finally have a mechanism to implement the two thirds gender rule by June this year. </span></p><p><span>Debate on the controversial issue came up in the National Assembly again last week, under the Constitution of Kenya (amendment) Bill moved by Majority Leader Aden Duale. Duale’s proposal now seeks to ‘top up’ the number of women in the National Assembly should the general election fail to meet the constitutional threshold. </span></p>
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