Parliamentarians are Wednesday booked to cast a ballot on the tricky Amendment Bill, 2018, that looks to actualize the two-thirds rule on gender.
National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi encouraged lawmakers to attend the session for the vote even as he coordinated the Committee on Implementation of the Constitution (CIOC), led by Ndaragwa MP Jeremiah Kioni, to table a write on the views of minority groups such Women, youth and people living with handicaps.
It is essential for the House to regard to the arrangements of the Constitution, attend on Wednesday to convey what needs be.
Speaker Muturi
Muturi made the comments after Majority leader Aden Duale said the House Business Committee (HBC) had set Wednesday evening as the casting a ballot day on the bill.
Majority Leader Aden Duale
Duale said House authority had coordinated Majority Whip Benjamin Washiali, his appointee Cecily Mbarire and Minority Whip Junet Mohammed and his representative Chris Wamalwa to assemble MPs to guarantee the bill is passed.
The two-third sex rule has been vanquished multiple times in the two places of Parliament and for it to take a break to the third perusing stage, it requires 2/3 lion’s share or if nothing else 233 of the MPs to help it. The National Assembly right now has 76 female individuals 21.77 percent of absolute individuals.