Act No.15 Of 1984 Art.12 each Parliament shall be five years. (2) For the purposes of this Constitution the expression “life of Parliament” means that whole period commencing from the date the new Parliament was first summoned after General Elections and ending on the date of dissolution of that Parliament for the purpose of enabling the holding of another ordinary general election. PART II MEMBERS, CONSTITUENCIES AND ELECTION OF MEMBERS Members of the National Assembly Members of Parliament Act No.15 of 1984 Art.13 Act No.4 of 1992 Art.18; Act No.12 of 1995 Art.9 Act No.3 of 2000 Art. 11 Act No.1 of 2005 Art. 13 G.N.No.150 of 2005 66.-(1) Subject to the other provisions of this Article, there shall be the following categories of Members of Parliament, that is to say:­ (a) members elected to represent constituencies; (b) women members being not less than thirty percentum of all the members mentioned in paragraphs (a), (c), (d), (e) and (f) with qualifications mentioned in Article 67 elected by the political parties in accordance with Article 78, on the basis of proportion of votes; (c) five members elected by the House of Representatives from among its members; (d) the Attorney General; (e) not more than ten members appointed by the President from amongst persons with qualifications specified under paragraphs (a) and (c) of subarticle (1) of Article 67 and, at least five members amongst them shall be women; and (f) the Speaker, if he is not elected from amongst the members. (2) The President and the Vice-President shall each not be a Member of Parliament. (3) Where a Regional Commissioner is elected a Member of Parliament representing a constituency or where a Member of Parliament representing a constituency is appointed a Regional Commissioner, the National Assembly shall be deemed to consist of the requisite number of members and its proceedings shall be valid notwithstanding that the ordinary total number of members in terms of this Article shall have been reduced by reason of such election of the Regional Commissioner or such appointment of a constituency member. Qualifications for Member of Parliament Act No.15 of 1984 Art.13 Act No.4 67.-(1) Subject to the provisions contained in this Article, any person shall be qualified for election or appointment as a Member of Parliament if he ­ (a) (b) is a citizen of the United Republic who has attained the age of twenty-one years and who can read and write in Kiswahili or English; and is a member and a candidate proposed by a political party. 43