Within the Senate, there are 18 slots for women, 12 nominated by political parties according to their proportion of the Senate, 1 representing youth and 1 People with Disabilities, i.e 18 women of 67 members is 26.9%. 7 Members appointed by parliament from among its members of whom at least 2 shall be women, 1 nominated by political parties and 1 woman experienced in public affairs but not nominated by Members of Parliament. Within the Judicial Service Commission, 1 High Court Judge and 1 Magistrate, 1 woman and 1 man. 2 advocates, 1 woman and 1 man each of whom has at least 15 years experience, and 1 woman and 1 man who are not lawyers to represent the public. As for the county assembly, not more than 2/3 of the members of any county assembly or county executive committee shall be of the same gender. Within the Public Service Commission, the chairperson and vice chairperson of a commission shall not be of the same gender. On the domestic front, women shall enjoy the ability to confer citizen rights to their foreign husbands and offsprings, as well as have equitable access to land. The History of the Caucus is a file on the struggle of Kenyan women to coalesce their effort for equitable participation in Leadership into a formidable and veritable force. Despite the numerous obstacles, the Caucus has stayed on course and after 10 years of operation found it necessary to re-brand herself in 2007. This has resulted in renaming the organization from the Kenya Women’s Political Caucus to The Caucus for Women’s Leadership. This renaming is rewarding in the sense that it deepens and broadens our core mandate, while also addressing the manifold challenges and opportunities in our operating environment. Likewise, the Caucus has fore grounded its grassroots outreach through the Women’s Regional Assemblies initiative. Presently, we have launched 29 Women's Regional Assemblies in selected districts in all the 8 provinces of Kenya. The response has been overwhelming and the initiative has proved to be a powerful platform for grassroots women to participate in decision making from the local to national levels. The Women's Regional Assemblies have also demonstrated their acumen to anchor local responses to the challenges posed by HIV/AIDS, poverty, local governance, mismanagement of devolved funds and harmful cultural practices. That the Assemblies have lived up to surpass our expectations is no longer in doubt: Many were the number of women who bravely sought political office at parliamentary and civic levels thanks to this project. That an assembly took a grassroots woman to parliament is indeed proof that assemblies are effective vehicles for enabling women access leadership. We now occupy a unique position in the women's rights movement. We are present on the ground, working with grassroots women while at the same time, our presence on the national, regional and international tier continues to grow. We are currently fast tracking the establishment of our Women’s Leadership Institute. In doing so, we will be taking the capacity building of women's leadership to another level. Together with our budding digital villages project, we will be opening additional avenues for income generation as a step towards women’s self-reliance. We have come a long way, collectively as women, at the level of the women’s movement in Kenya and as an organization. We appreciate the support received from various partners, including the Royal Netherlands Embassy, SIDA/UNIFEM, African Women Development Fund, Urgent Action Fund, CEDPA, Global fund for women, Canadian Embassy, USAID/PACT Kenya, the Government of Kenya, among others. Your continued support will galvanize all ongoing efforts on women’s empowerment and women’s rights to tangible benefits. | 
