Members of Parliament Tuesday began debating the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill which, if passed, will allow for the nomination of more women to the House to comply with the two-thirds gender rule, amid opposition from some members.
The Bill, popularly referred to as the Two-thirds Gender Rule, provides that not more than two thirds of the members in appointive and elective public bodies, among them Parliament, should be of the same gender.
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