There will be more women on the ballot when Rwandans go to the polls between September 1 and 4, with the outcome likely to exceed the 63.8 per cent women that were in the outgoing parliament.
Out of 521 candidates approved by NEC, 326 are women, accounting for 61 per cent, compared to 221 women out 410 who contested in the 2013 Parliamentary elections, accounting for 50 percent.
For the first time after the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, an opposition party will have candidates on the ballot after 32 out of 34 candidates submitted by the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda (DGPR) were given a green light to vie for seats in the forthcoming parliament.
