Kenya Chief Justice Advises President to Dissolve Parliament
- Parliament has yet to enact legislation on gender quotas
- Top judge issued advisory after receiving six petitions
Uhuru Kenyatta
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Kenya’s top judge advised President Uhuru Kenyatta to dissolve parliament for failing to enact legislation on gender quotas.
Chief Justice David Maraga’s guidance didn’t impose a deadline, enabling the president to wait until his goverment’s mandate expires in 2022 to heed the advice. Under a new constitution adopted in 2010, Kenya had five years to enact legislation ensuring that no more than two-thirds of members of elective public bodies be of the same gender.