Taxpayers will once again foot an extra wage bill of Sh1.98 billion annually as salaries and allowances of nominated county assembly members after Kenyans failed to elect the requisite number of female ward representatives in the August 8 General Election.
An extra 559 female ward legislators have been published by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) after none of the 47 county assemblies attained the constitutional gender ratio that no more than two-thirds of elective or appointive bodies shall be made up of members from the same gender.
