Kenya: Workshop On Gender Balance Concludes in Mombasa

9 September 2012

Members of Parliament on Friday converged in the coastal city of Mombasa to discuss the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill which seeks to find a way of attaining the two-thirds gender requirement to the National Assembly and the Senate

Speaking during the opening of a two day workshop, Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister Eugene Wamalwa said the issue of gender parity has been in existence and that it is the women who have often been disadvantaged and discriminated by various customs and laws.

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