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Taxpayers to pay Sh75m for partly boycotted MPs' parley in Mombasa

Members of Parliament registrar for the induction meeting at Pride Inn Beach Hotel in Mombasa. [Benard Sanga, Standard]

A walkout by MPs during a retreat -to push for the release of constituency development funds -has raised questions about the cost of the meeting.

Estimates indicate that 349 MPs spent Sh5.5 million on flight fares and Sh69.8 million on accommodation in hotels at the Coast.

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