Salaries and Remuneration commission (SRC) chairlady Lyn Mengich with SRC Commissioner Dalmas Otieno (left) in Nairobi. [David Gichuru]
Members of Parliament are once again looking to award themselves hefty perks, side-stepping the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) in a move that will cost taxpayers billions of shillings. This time, the MPs have targeted house allowances and the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) last month paid MPs Sh250,000 each backdated to October 2018.