The vice chair of the National Gender Equality Commission (NGEC) Simon Ndubai has warned that the country could be plunged into a constitutional crisis in 2017 if article 100 is not fully implemented.
Speaking during a sensitisation meeting of people living with disabilities in a Kisii Hotel on Friday afternoon, Ndubai said in the run up to 2013 General Elections, a judicial interpretation of equality, equity and inclusivity as envisaged in Articles 27 and 81 of the constitution was sought.
He said in a land mark judicial ruling the Supreme Court of Kenya said that issues of equality, equity and inclusivity should be achieved progressively and this was the genesis of the Affirmative Action which saw a number of women being nominated to political positions.
Ndubai called on the Parliament to enact this legislation in order to avert a constitutional crisis in 2017 and lashed out at those he claims are saying that implementing it will be expensive and added that even if implemented in full, the numbers of these special interest groups are negligible.
“The problem in this country is mis-allocation of resources and we are not just looking only at the issues of the one-third rule, we are looking at a 50-50 representation not only of gender but all special groups in future,” he said.
Ndubai also said the Constitution requires that both the public and the private sectors consider the Persons with Disabilities and other special groups in employment and added that a five percent representation should be reserved for persons living with disabilities.