As Kenya election approaches, two-thirds gender rule hangs over parliament

Women aspirants at a press conference in Nairobi. PHOTO| FILE

Kenyan members of parliament are facing a dilemma of either passing the two-thirds gender law in the short time remaining before the elections, or risking the next parliament being declared illegal.

President Uhuru Kenyatta recently directed Parliament to ensure that they pass the law, which MPs failed to pass in May last year.