Recent media reports on salary increments for some senior State officers and the push by State organs both at the county and national government to enact bills intended to either enhance retirement package and/or provide send-off packages to State officers are a cause for concern.
Recently, Parliament approved a pension plan for former legislators who served between 1984 and 2002 that could cost the taxpayer at least Sh2.9 billion. The commission is also aware that Sh3.3 billion has been set aside towards severance payment for eight months for the legislators.