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Kenyan Parliament Given Deadline to get More Female MPs
Kenyan high court gives parliament 60 days to implement a rule on gender balance.
They Kenyan constitution says that no more than two-thirds of the members of elected public bodies should be of the same gender. There are only 69 female MPs out of a total of 349 - this includes 47 seats reserved for women representatives. There should be 117 women.
(Photo: Kenyan Parliament. Credit: Getty Images)
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