The role of Women's Representative was created by the current
Constitution of Kenya, which was adopted in a
referendum in 2010, in order to increase the representation of women in parliament. Prior to the 2010 constitution there were fewer than 20 female members in the Kenyan parliament. The first woman representatives were elected in the
2013 Kenyan general election. The women representatives are elected by all registered voters in the county they represent, not only female voters. In 2019 the Committee on Implementation and Oversight of the Constitution proposed abolishing the role after the next general election. Despite attempts to introduce new legislation to ensure increased representation of women in parliament, this situation has not been resolved. Following the
2017 general election, in addition to the 47 woman representatives, 23 women were elected to the constituency seats and 5 women were nominated. Consequently, a total of 75 women served in the National Assembly during the
12th Parliament of Kenya, comprising 21% of the members of the assembly. ==References==