Women activists have turned the war on the gender rule against the association of women in parliament over their failure to ensure that the gender rule is implemented.
Led by Dianah Rose Okello the Founder of Okoa Dada Kenya the women say two thirds gender rule is currently facing challenges in parliament due to laxity of the elected women who are currently serving in parliament.
Okello who was speaking during a demonstration against the bill seeking to delay the imnplementation of the gender rule, Okello says they will now use the powers of the grassroot women to ensure that the bill does not pass in parliament.
The National Assembly’s Justice and Legal Affairs Committee has tabled a Bill to amend the Constitution and push the deadline for an implementation framework, from August this year to an indefinite date.
CLARET ADHIAMBO