Katiba Institute has launched a fresh legal bid to ensure political parties adhere to the two-thirds gender rule while picking nominees for the next election. Chairperson Yash Pal Ghai, in an urgent petition filed at the High Court, wants the IEBC prohibited from accepting any list from political parties that fails to meet requirements of the gender rule. The lobby is seeking several orders among them one that states that the IEBC is constitutionally duty-bound to reject any list that does not meet the gender rule requirement. This is for the 290 constituent-based elective positions of MPS and the 47 county-based elective positions for the senate. Read: Time to Unlock Two Thirds Gender Rule In Parliament

Source: The Star January 26, 2017 09:53 UTC