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MPs fight to get Sh7 million each to buy luxury cars

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By GEOFFREY MOSOKU

Nairobi, Kenya: Members of Parliament now say Sh5 million cash offered to each of them free to buy luxury vehicles is not enough and plan to increase it to Sh7 million.

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