The bill seeks to bridge the gender disparity in the House by amending the Constitution to allow for extra nomination slots for women. This anomaly forced Mr Muturi to order a manual headcount and the numbers rose to 174. There are 75 women MPs in the House, with at least 39 more required to meet the constitutional threshold. The Senate, with 21 women members out of 67, is three members shy of the requirement. Mr Duale withdrew it upon sensing a lack of quorum to send it to the third-reading stage.

Source: Daily Nation February 27, 2019 13:08 UTC