(Photo: Moses Omusula, Standard)When Justice John Mativo slapped MPs with a 60-day ultimatum to either pass laws to implement the two-thirds gender rule or go home, women celebrated. However, MPs and parliamentary staff familiar with the arithmetic around the mechanics of such a legislation saw a legislative nightmare. Total mischiefAccording to Katiba Institute, an organisation that promotes constitutionalism in Kenya, the MPs engaged in “parliamentary mischief”, at times, with “intent to sabotage” implementation of the two-thirds gender principle. It is virtually impossible for us to meet the two-thirds gender rule. Clause 7ALSO READ: Opinion: Enactment of law on two-thirds gender representation overdue“There is a judgement.

Source: Standard Digital April 23, 2017 08:48 UTC