Expecting Parliament to rise above self is a pipedream

Kenya: The 11th Parliament resumes business tomorrow on the back of a significant ruling by the High Court on salaries of Members of the National Assembly and Senators. The ruling by the High Court that declared the National Assembly and Remuneration Act unconstitutional also said that MPs and Senators have no business deciding how much they should be paid.

But it is clear from the tone of the Speaker of the National Assembly, Justin Bedan Njoka Muturi, that Parliament is likely to defy the Judiciary. It is likely to do so by amending Article 260 of the Constitution that makes Senators, Members of the National Assembly and Members of the County Assemblies State officers.