Whether you are happy or not about Justice Mativo’s decision, the situation is a mess. It involved 210 constituencies and 90 list members, each party list beginning with a woman and then alternating the sexes. In fact, with a few members elected for constituencies, and five “nominated” members being women, there are now just under 20 per cent women. So no immediate invalidity if the National Assembly had under 33 per cent women. By 2015, the Court said, the law guaranteeing the gender quota must be in place.

Source: The Star April 14, 2017 21:00 UTC