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Kenya’s Chief Judge Suggests Parliament Be Dissolved Over Lack Of Women - Blavity

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Kenya’s highest judge advised President Uhuru Kenyatta to dissolve the country’s male-dominated Parliament, citing a constitutional provision on gender quotas. The provision in Kenya’s constitution states no more than two-thirds of any elected body can be of the same gender, but Al Jezeera reports that just 22% of the parliament seats belong to women in the lower house of Parliament. Chief Justice David Maraga said the politicians’ failure to implement the legislation was an apparent sign of “lackadaisical attitude and conduct” in regards to the two-thirds gender rule. “There is no doubt that the dissolution of parliament will cause inconvenience and even economic hardship. The fact that Kenya is in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic only exacerbates the potential impact of the decision,” Maraga wrote.“Yet that is the clear result Kenyans desired for parliament’s failure to enact legislation they deemed necessary. We must forget that more often than not, there is no gain without...

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