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Muturi, Lusaka given 7 days to respond to gender rule case

House Speakers have seven days to submit additional affidavits in a case filed by women rights organisations over implementation of the two-thirds gender rule.

Centre for Rights Education Awareness (CREAW) and the Federation of Women Lawyers (Fida) are challenging the gender composition of the National Assembly and Senate.

Justice Chacha Mwita directed National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi and his Senate counterpart Ken Lusaka to file their additional affidavits alongside a draft bill that seeks to address the two-thirds gender principle in both Houses.

Lawyers representing Mr Muturi and Mr Lusaka asked the court for more time, saying that the bill has already passed through the first reading in the National Assembly.

However, Fida and CREAW lawyers opposed the call to delay hearing and make a determination, saying the bill in Parliament does not provide an immediate solution to the two-thirds gender issuelusaka

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