Kenya National Gender and Equality Commission calls for respect of gender quota requirements as prescribed by the constitution

By MOSES ODHIAMBO/ Daily Nation , 13 July 2015
NGEC legal officer Dona Anyona [photo credit: Tom Otieno, Nation Media Group]
NGEC legal officer Dona Anyona [photo credit: Tom Otieno, Nation Media Group]
<div><p>The commission on gender equality on Thursday asked for quick consensus building on a practical formula for the realisation of the two thirds gender principle.&nbsp;<span style="line-height: 20.3999996185303px;">The commission said the process requires sobriety in view of its political implications.&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 20.3999996185303px;">This call follows a blame game in which Attorney-General Githu Muigai has been put on the spot for not advising the country on the consequences of a failure to meet the two-thirds gender rule.&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 20.3999996185303px;">The National Gender and Equality Commission (NGEC) said the AG and the Charles Nyachae-led Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution are yet to propose laws that would
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