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Debate on privileges to be enjoyed by MPs polygamous families’ started in 1971

resident Uhuru Kenyatta addresses members of parliament on Tuesday 12/09/17[Boniface Okendo,Standard]

Do you know that the discussion around the privileges to be enjoyed by Members of Parliament’s polygamous families is as old as 1971?

That time, it was sparked off by a new tax law that was set to be implemented. But in 2017, it has been revived by Budalang’i MP Raphael Wanjala who has returned to August House after 10 years in political cold.

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