A person with disability involving in sports. There is an outcry that the PWDs are not well represented in the county assembly, legislature and senate. [Photo|hivisasa.com]
People Living With Disability (PLWDs) have threatened to move to court to stop the swearing-in of Members of Parliament, Senate and of Members of County Assemblies (MCAs) over the disability principle.
Nick Mac Andwat, the Director of Action Disability and Development Network said nobody living with disability was elected in either the National nor Senate, with only a few getting elected in the County Assemblies, a move he said is against article 54 of the constitution.
According to the article 54, subsection (2), at least 5 per cent of members of the public in elective and appointive bodies must be PWDs.
“Members of the Assemblies must not be sworn in because the minority groups are not represented at all levels which is against article 54 of the constitution,” said Andwat.
He said they might be forced to move to court for redress, the way Federation of Women Lawyer (FIDA) moved to court over the one third gender parity rule.
The rule demands that not more than two third of all elective or appointive position in public sector should go one gender.
Andwat asked FIDA to enjoin them in the case in which they have sued Speakers of the Senate and National Assembly, Independent and Electoral Boundaries Commission (IEBC) and Attorney General (AG) over the two thirds gender rule.
FIDA wants legislation on the rule put in place for debate and immediate implementation.