Women legislators yesterday failed to agree on which bill to support on gender representation.
The Kenya Women Parliamentarians Association was to consult on the gender rule with the UN and the National Gender and Equality Commission.
They will decide on which of three amendment bills before the National Assembly they will support.
Swift implementation of the two-thirds gender rule is opposed by many lawmakers, who want it to be gradual.
It says that neither gender should represent more than two-thirds of any elected or appointed government positions.
There are three proposed amendments to the gender rule.
Kewopa is under pressure to meet the August deadline before the amendment of the bill.
Legal Affairs Committee chairman Samuel Chepkonga proposed an amendment to ensure the gender principle is achieved progressively.
Majority leader Aden Duale wants affirmative action realised through a top-up mechanism of members elected.
But the women protested the 20-year implementation period of Duale’s bill.
The bill was adjusted, giving an opportunity for 150 women to be nominated in the National Assembly and 34 in the Senate.
Kewopa members attended a meeting convened by the Ministry of Public Service, Youth and Gender at the Hotel Intercontinental yesterday.
They failed to agree and named a committee expected to sit today and decide.
The committee is comprised of National Gender and Equality Commission, Federation of Women Lawyers, UN Women, Ministry of Public Service Youth and Gender, IEBC, Registrar of political parties and representatives from all tribunals.