Public interest should supersede legislators’ thirst for high salaries

A dangerous trend is cropping up – that of MPs always looking for opportunities to raise or secure their fat perks. The 12th Parliament has not disappointed on this front. Rogue MPs have declared war on the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC), which recently scrapped their car grants and other allowances.

The car grant was among the burdensome allowances the Sarah Serem-led commission did away with as it reduced salaries of MPs and other top State officers to save the taxpayer Sh8 billion annually and to trim the runaway wage bill.