Martha Wangari. Photo/theeveningpost.co.ke

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Nominated Senator Martha Wangari is calling upon Kenyans to elect more women in August.

The senator on Sunday said electing more women will help avert potential crisis in the next Parliament and meet the two-thirds gender threshold set by the Constitution.

Wangari said to avoid unnecessary court cases and many nominated women, Kenyans should elect more women.

“The current National Assembly and Senate are clearly not properly constituted. It has, however, been allowed to operate by a Supreme Court advisory opinion, which I believe, will not apply after the August 8 election,” she said.

She is eyeing the Gilgil MP seat.

Wangari praised President Uhuru Kenyatta for challenging Parliament last week to pass the gender Bill.

She, however, urged women not to wait for the positions at home, but to battle it out with men.

“An opportunity is here for us as women to step out and seek these positions. If we wait for them sitting pretty at home, no one will give them to us,” Wangari said.