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MPs demand Sh3.3 billion for 'unserved' 8 months

Treasury Cabinet secretary Henry Rotich. His ministry is under pressure from MPs to pay them Sh3.3 billion for the eight months that they will not be working after the August 8 polls. [PHOTO:FILE]

MPs are mounting pressure on Treasury to pay them Sh3.3 billion for eight months after the August 8 polls.

The pay being claimed is for the period between August 8, when the General Election will be held, and March 2018, when the MPs claim their five-year term ought to end, arguing that they were sworn in in March 2013.

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