Implementation of the two-thirds gender rule in Kenya: the implication for women in parliament

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dc.contributor.authorAgutu, Lisa Akinyi
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-31T14:30:28Z
dc.date.available2017-07-31T14:30:28Z
dc.date.issued2017-01
dc.descriptionSubmitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Bachelor of Laws Degree, Strathmore University Law Schoolen_US
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this paper is to analyze the two-thirds gender rule in Kenya and to determine whether there are sufficient mechanisms to implement it.1 this will be done through a specific look at women in parliament. The two-thirds gender rule was included in the Constitution 2010.2 This analysis will be done through a comparative study on the mechanisms implemented in Senegal and Uganda for the achievement of gender parity in parliament. Gender parity concerns relative equality in terms of numbers and proportions of women and men, girls and boys. 3 The methodology used to undertake the research is qualitative through library and online research. The research showed that there are no adequate measures for the implementation of the two-thirds gender rule for women in parliament.4 Recommendations to remedy this includes the enactment of legislation to further elaborate the specific measures that will be undertaken in order to realize gender parity in parliament through the two-thirds gender rule. Such recommendations include Electoral Laws which would ensure that women are included in decision-making and on a larger scale, nomination to stand for elective posts. This would grant them a better opportunity to be elected. A major recommendation is strict enforcement of judicial decisions. The Supreme Court advisory opinion of 2012 gave the Commission on Implementation of the Constitution a deadline of August 2012 to recommend legislation for the realization of the two-thirds gender rule.5 To date there are no Bills that have been tabled concerning the rule. Stricter enforcement would ensure that the two-thirds gender rule is implemented effectivelyen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11071/5259
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherStrathmore Universityen_US
dc.subjectTwo-thirds gender ruleen_US
dc.subjectKenyaen_US
dc.subjectWomen in parliamenten_US
dc.subjectGender parityen_US
dc.titleImplementation of the two-thirds gender rule in Kenya: the implication for women in parliamenten_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US
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