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As the 13th Parliament opens its doors on Thursday, it will roll out the red carpet for President William Ruto who will address the first joint parliamentary sitting.
And with the 349 members of the National Assembly having concluded a five-day induction at Safari Park Hotel, they now have an overflowing in-tray and an arduous task of picking up from where their predecessors left. Even before they set foot in the august House they have to contend with the adjustment of their perks and withdrawal of the National Government Constituency Development Funds (NG-CDF) kitty.
The Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) is currently at loggerheads with MPs who have expressed their dissatisfaction with the commission for the new emoluments it gazetted in the countdown to the August 9 general election that saw them lose sitting allowances and car grant abolished.
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