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MPs lose Sh2.5b in new Covid-19 spending plan

Kandara MP Alice Wahome gets her temperature taken as she arrives for a special sitting in Parliament on Tuesday. With Covid-19 disrupting legislators’ calendar and travel plans, the Treasury has slashed their allowances under a revised spending plan. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

Members of Parliament have become the biggest casualties in changes to the government’s spending plans, losing Sh2.5 billion from their allowances and travel kitties.

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