Two Rift Valley legislators have asked women to come out and seek elective posts rather than relying on nominated positions. “Women should fight for their place in parliament and stop relying on nominated positions so as to cut the amount spent on nominated positions. He pointed out the Senatorial, Women Representatives and nominated MPs and MCAs seats among positions that needed to be cut out of the Constitution. His Barwesa counterpart, Makilap also proposed to cut the number of representation in Parliament. According to Auditor General, report presented to Parliament last week Kenyans are spending far too much on MPs and MCAs in 47 counties.

Source: The Star October 16, 2016 13:41 UTC