From March 17 to 21, 2025, Kabarak University conducted a successful Health Awareness Week aimed at promoting mental health and addressing issues related to drug and substance abuse. The week-long initiative involved both inreach and outreach activities, engaging students, staff, and the wider community in discussions on psychoeducation and mental wellness.

On this fine Wednesday, a curious phenomenon unfolded at Kabarak University — Special Wednesday. No, it wasn’t a public holiday or a flash mob gone rogue. It was the day our finalists decided to trade their books for a bit of pomp and pageantry, celebrating the bittersweet reality that their time at Kabarak was drawing to a close.

With the 2027 elections coming up, the question of gender equality is intensifying by the day. This is exemplified with the looming conversation of the scrapping of the woman representative seat.^[2] Article 27(8) of the Constitution mandates that no more than two-thirds of members in elective public bodies be of the same gender.^[3] Additionally, Article 81(b) requires electoral systems to comply with this principle.^[4] Gender equality in this context, refers to the equitable inclusion of women as compared to men in both elective and appointive seats as envisioned in article 27(3).^[5]

 The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (2002), under Article 7(3) provides that the definition of gender in the Rome Statute shall be taken to mean; the two sexes, male and female, within the context of the society.^[2] This provision has elicited many criticisms amongst experts, conservatives and liberals alike. These criticisms include the claim that the provision may cause a heteronormative interpretation of gender in international law. However, there are others who are of the school of thought that the provision cannot be considered narrow due to its acknowledgment of social norms and the presence of other safeguards in the Rome statute. In this paper, I will first provide the history of drafting of Article 7(3), and later on analyse the alleged binary nature of the same provision, and demonstrate that as much as these fears are valid, they are still quelled by the Rome Statute.