Politicians' retirement benefits too much burden on taxpayers

It is disheartening that MPs are lining up hefty retirement packages for senior State retirees stretching back to 1993. Coming barely a week after revelations that legislators raised their pensions by a staggering 700 per cent demonstrates how keen legislators are on lifting their own while pushing ordinary Kenyans down.

Taxpayers will pay Members of Parliament Sh1.7 billion between July 1, 2018 and June 2019, a seven-fold increase from the Sh262 million paid out in the current financial year.