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Duale rubbishes bill to scrap women rep position
National Assembly Majority Leader Aden Duale. He termed the proposal by Uasin Gishu women representative Gladys Boss Shollei to scrap off the women representative seat as her personal opinion.(Courtesy)
NAIROBI—National Assembly Majority Leader Aden Duale has disregarded the proposal by Uasin Gishu women representative Gladys Boss Shollei to scrap off the women representative seat as her personal opinion.
Speaking to the press on Tuesday, Duale termed the proposal as insignificant and said that legislators had resorted to “playing populist games and politics just to please electorate”.
“What Hon.Gladys Shollei is discussing out there about scrapping the 47 women rep seats, that is her own personal opinion not that of parliament and there is no bill to that effect that is before the house,” Duale said.
The Garissa Township MP assured legislators that parliament follows strict procedures when tabling bills for debate
“The procedure of bringing a legislative proposal approved by the speaker, subjected to the budget and appropriation committee is a process that is well clear in the Constitution,” he noted.
This is after the remarks by Gladys Shollei not auguring well among her counterparts from other counties.
Speaking at Madogo during a funds drive, the legislators termed the bill as misplaced and seeks to undermine the position of women in society.
“What reason does our colleague Gladys Shollei have for proposing the scrapping of the women representative seat which is mandated to us by our Constitution,” stated Beatrice Nkatha, Tharaka Nithi women representative.
“A woman elected as a woman representative saying live on TV that she has a proposed bill to scrap this seat, then this shows she has no understanding on why she was elected and I sympathize with her electorates,” said Kitui county women rep Irene Kasulu.
Gladys Shollei proposed a bill seeking to scarp the position of the women representative and increase the number of women in Parliament through election instead of party nominations.
