Nominated Member of Parliament David Ole Sankok appears to be the new rebel in the Jubilee Party camp after he openly opposed the ongoing push for gender balance in the parliament.
This comes at a time when the Gender Bill seeking to end the gender imbalance in the legislative houses is set to be tabled in the National Assembly on Tuesday.
Sankok has however rubbished the move seeking to increase the number of female lawmakers in the house, maintaining that people should work for their elevation to to parliament.
According to Sankok who has termed the bill a 'mosaic' move, the women should compete with their male counterparts for election and leave the nomination slots for the youth and disabled.
He vowed to rally like-minded colleagues to block the Garissa legislator Aden Duale-sponsored bill.
“This country is over-represented and we need women seats distributed electively to factor in the disabled, youth and those in rural areas,” he told the Standard on Saturday.
This follows Deputy President William Ruto's endorsement of the same.
Speaking during the burial of Mzee Paul Teigut in Chepsaita, Uasin Gishu county on Friday, Ruto urged lawmakers to pass the bill.
Mzee Teigut is the father to the DP's aide Farouk Kibet.
“To Jubilee Party MPs, I urge you to stand on the side of this historic moment, and to male MPs, you should be the last to stand on the way of our mothers and daughters," Ruto said.
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