How parties conspired to nip the gender rule bid in the budA section of women display banners in support of the two thirds gender rule Bill debate at Parliament Buildings, in November 2018. SEE ALSO :House to resume sittings tomorrowCaught up on the crosswind is the National Assembly that risks dissolution over the constitutional requirement. The petitioners - Stephen Owoko and John Wangai - want Chief Justice David Maraga to dissolve the National Assembly and Senate. In March last year, High Court Judge John Mativo ruled that any Kenyan could petition the CJ to dissolve Parliament for failure to pass the Gender Bill. SEE ALSO :Gender Bill flops fourth timeFor the Bill to pass, Parliament required 233 MPs of its 349 members in the National Assembly to support it.

Source: Standard Digital March 02, 2019 21:05 UTC