Nairobi, Feb. 29 -- The report by the taskforce on the two-thirds gender principle in the legislature was received with gusto by the Cabinet Secretary for Public Service, Gender and Affirmative Action, Aisha Jumwa, last Friday.

This principle is based on Article 27 of the Constitution, which states that "the electoral system shall comply with the principle that not more than two-thirds of the members of elective public bodies shall be of the same gender."

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The taskforce has recommended amendments to the Constitution, the Elections Acts and the Political Parties Act. That is the easy part. The more difficult one is the realisation of the same. It is in this regard that i...