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The Parliament prepared for a showdown between female MPs and their male counterparts over a radical proposal to scrap the 47 woman representative seats.
The majority of the MPS wants to scrap most elective posts and reduce counties as well. Punguza mzigo initiative by Ekuru Aukot will be discussed as well as waiting to table the Building Bridges initiative report.
“We need a coherent approach. They (MPs) should wait for the BBI initiative to bring its report; otherwise, we will end up mutilating the Constitution,” Lawyer Nzamba Kitonga said, who the chair of the committee of experts.
“Within the report, if there are any additions or subtractions, then we can make them, considering people’s participation,” kitonga added.
Rarieda MP Otiende Amollo, who was also a member of the CoE, said scrapping the seat is no walk in the park as it requires a referendum to change the current structure of the government.
