Kenyan MPs' budget 'more than three times the global average'

NAIROBI: The budget for Kenya's two-chamber Parliament is three times what other countries set aside to run their legislatures, the inaugural report of the socio-economic audit of the Constitution has revealed.

The interim report of the Government task-force chaired by Auditor General Edward Ouko noted that while other countries with a population of between 10 and 50 million spend 0.57 per cent on their budgets on parliaments, Kenya spends 2 per cent.