MPs wrong in bid to get taxpayer foot bill for their lavish lifestyles

Coming at a time when many Kenyans are staring at job losses as companies cut back on operational costs, many must have received with utter indignation, reports that Members of Parliament are planning to line their pockets with another tax-funded allowance.

The plot to earn Sh250,000 (about Sh900 million in a year for all the 416 members) as housing allowances- on top of sitting and travelling allowance- is dishonest and insensitive. It should be stopped. It is also deceitful- the MPs already have a Sh20 million mortgage at 3 per cent.