MCAs' salary increase demands unrealistic

When Members of the County Assemblies ejected Devolution Principal Secretary Teresia Mbaika from their inaugural consultative forum over their demands. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

County operations could soon be disrupted if members of county assemblies (MCA) actaulise their threat to shoot down budget proposals.

The MCAs are demanding a salary increment to befit their statuses as elected leaders, and their yardstick is the pay that Members of Parliament take home. While it is within their right to ask for a pay increment, their timing is wrong, and the reasons clearly do not hold water. The country is going through extremely lean economic times when, truth be said, everybody could do with a pay hike.