Ghost MPs should be removed from the payroll

Investigations conducted by EACC last week in parliament revealed that former MPs were still earning salaries despite having lost their positions. It is also very disheartening that some egocentric MPs sign attendance lists for their absent colleagues for them to receive sitting allowance. 

Falsification of mileage claims was also evident as a tactic gluttonous MPs use to receive cash from PSC fraudulently. Apart from ghost MPs receiving salaries, it’s also pathetic that the sacked cabinet secretaries will continue enjoying their monthly salaries till 2017 as their contracts dictate. According to EACC, payroll is not authorised by the accountant and the clerk after it’s prepared by the human resource management and thus raising strings of questions on the authenticity of PSC payroll.