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Dissolve Parliament for it’s failure to comply with the 2/3 Gender Rule,” Kenya’s Chief Justice David Maraga writes to President Kenyatta
• In an advisory dated September 21, Maraga said he was responding following six petitions seeking his advice on the matter.
Dissolve Parliament for it's failure to comply with the 2/3 Gender Rule," Kenya's Chief Justice David Maraga writes to President Kenyatta pic.twitter.com/PXyG10rPOt
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•”The petitions are based on the ground that despite four court orders compelling Parliament to enact the legislation… Parliament has blatantly failed, refused or neglected to do so….” Maraga said.
Chief Justice David Maraga has advised President Uhuru Kenyatta to dissolve Parliament for failing to enact the Two-Thirds gender rule.
In an advisory dated September 21, Maraga said he was responding following six petitions seeking his advice on the matter.
“The petitions are based on the ground that despite four court orders compelling Parliament to enact the legislation… Parliament has blatantly failed, refused, or neglected to do so….” Maraga said.
The CJ said it was his constitutional duty to advise Uhuru.
“Let us endure pain if we must…” he said.
Maraga said that the time left for the 10th Parliament is not enough to enact the legislation required to effect the two-third gender rule.
According to Maraga, the Supreme Court under former CJ Willy Mutunga had directed Parliament to enact the requisite legislation by August 27, 2015.
The CJ said that several petitions were had been raised challenging the Parliament to enact the law.
However, the Parliament has failed to enact it despite the Bills presented to it.
“Parliament, once again, failed to enact the requisite legislation, thus the provoking six petitions before me requiring me to advise you dissolve it.”
Maraga added that the two-third gender rule is the acronym for the constitutional imperative which prohibits any form of discrimination in the appointment and elective positions in the country on the basis of one’s gender.
“Women and men have the right to equal treatment, including the right to equal opportunities in political, economic, cultural, and social spheres.”
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