The county women representatives serve in the national assembly alongside the 290 members elected from the constituencies, 12 nominated members and the Speaker of the National Assembly.
Prior to the 2010 constitution there were fewer than 20 female members in the Kenyan parliament.
[5] In 2019 the Committee on Implementation and Oversight of the Constitution proposed abolishing the role after the next general election.
In 2017 the High Court ruled that the two houses had failed to perform their constitutional obligation.
[6] Despite attempts to introduce new legislation to ensure increased representation of women in parliament, this situation has not been resolved.