Sh2.5b payout for MPs should be stopped

In March, inflation hit 10.28 per cent, up from 9.04 per cent in February. This is the highest rate since May 2012, Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) data shows. Kenya has been affected by the raging drought and the Kenya Red Cross Society has sent out an appeal to individuals and companies to donate food, water, and clothing to the affected people.

Therefore, news that Treasury has cleared the way for MPs to award themselves Sh2.5 billion for eight months of no work is not only baffling and shocking but also, to say the least, mind-boggling. If that is the length of time the MPs’ five-year term will be cut short by the General Election, won’t the MCAs and governors demand the same and make Kenya bankrupt?