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MPs don't deserve pension raise - Kenyans

Leaders also say hiked retirement benefits cannot be justified. [Boniface Okendo,Standard]

Kenyans have reacted in anger to news that MPs made huge budget allocations to fund their retirement after voters kick them out.

The allocations were made despite a standoff relating to whether legislators should be considered for pension, given the nature of their job was contractual.

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