How Aukot is seeking to end 2/3 gender balance struggles

The struggle to attaining the 2/3 gender balance in Kenya has been headache for many years. The women fighting to attain the numbers as stated in the constitution.

But Third Way Alliance has got the solution that will solve this struggle.

According to the proposals, the party wants 47 counties to be used as a single constituency for purposes of parliamentary election to both the Senate and National Assembly.

This means that the current 290 constituencies would be abolished.

Under the new proposal, each of the 47 constituencies will elect one man and one woman to the National Assembly bringing the total to 94 MPs.

This abolishes the women representative position.

However, there would be six nominated MPs –– three men and three women –– from special interest groups.

Each county would still elect a senator, according to the recommendation.

This proposition would see the current number of MPs slashed by nearly a third from 416 to 147.

It would also sort out the two-thirds gender principle that the country has been grappling with over the past ten years.

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