He also seems not keen to fulfill the Jubilee Party’s pre-election manifesto pledge to enforce the two-thirds gender rule. Clause 7 says: “If Parliament fails to enact legislation in accordance with an order under Clause (6) (b), the Chief Justice shall advise the President to dissolve Parliament and the President shall dissolve Parliament.”Gender equality lawsMuch has come to pass. AdvertisementIn April last year, activist Margaret Toili filed a petition at the Chief Justice’s office seeking to dissolve Parliament. The Chief Justice, under Article 261(7), ought to take ‘judicial notice’ of Parliament’s failure to comply with the court order and advise the President to dissolve Parliament. As a legislator, I have sponsored a bill to bring to bear the two-thirds gender rule within the legislature, it has been brutally suppressed and frustrated.

Source: Daily Nation August 09, 2020 20:48 UTC