Representatives of People Living with Disabilities want 18 seats reserved for the group in the National Assembly. BBI has recommended a 94-member Senate with each of the 47 counties electing a male and female representative. In the National Assembly, the report recommends a mixed representation of 360 members where 290 MPs will be elected on first-past-the-post basis and an additional 70 seats allocated based on actual votes cast per county. But the lobby groups argue that Articles 97 and 98 expressly provide for representation of persons with disabilities in the bicameral House. The others were Kenya Society for the Blind, Down Syndrome Society of Kenya, Disability Initiative (DIESK), Women with Disabilities League, Youth with Disabilities Forum, National Voice of Parents of Children with Disabilities and Society of Visually Impaired Professionals.

Source: The Star November 02, 2020 18:11 UTC