The albinism society of Kisii County has dismissed as ‘myopic' national assembly speaker Justin Muturi's proposal to disband nomination slots in an attempt to meet the August constitutional deadline of a third gender rule.
Speaking on Monday at a Kisii hotel during their monthly meeting, chairlady Valentine Bosibori said Muturi should have involved women MPs, most of them who are nominated, to come up with a formula of settling the issue without necessarily affecting the existing special seats.
She said people with special needs have been represented in both houses through the special seats and any move to disband the seats will bring about the state of anarchy and discrimination in the country.
“I am shocked by the speaker’s sentiments which clearly were myopic and unprecedented. This shows how he has forgotten his roles as the speaker of the house. If his statement will by any chance be borrowed, them this will confirm discrimination against the marginalised,” she said.
“We already have women who were nominated to parliament to represent our interests and particularly those of women. The country should embrace women representation as a way of empowering them,” she said.
Parliament in in a rush to find a formula of ensuring proper representation of each gender in the house in compliance with one third gender rule in the constitution.