Historically, this has disadvantaged women candidates.
To remedy this, the Constitution created the Woman Rep position to increase the representation of women in Parliament.
The National Assembly has 349 seats — 290 elected in single-member constituencies; 47 elected woman representatives per county (single-member constituencies) and 12 party-nominated.
The elective seats are awarded through the first-past-the-post system; the candidate with the most votes stands elected. Historically, this has disadvantaged women candidates and, to remedy this, the Constitution created the Woman Rep position to increase the representation of women in Parliament. In addition, it required Parliament to pass laws to ensure it shall not have more than two-thirds members of one gender.
