MPs and the Money:The Big Story full bulletin-part two
9th May, 2018
Term of inaugural ones ended last year .According to the
budget committee chair Kimani Ichgung’wa, the
parliamentary service commission chaired by speaker
Justin Muturi is yet to appear before the budget committee
to explain the spike in members pension. Ichgung’wa also
explains that members have not been added any money and
all that that there is are mere proposals.But going with
past experiences, members of parliament have always had
their way when raising their pay. An attempt by SRC to cap
MPs salaries and strike out plenary allowances last years
is being contested in court and will be heard next week.
when SRC made the proposal to cap MPs pay at 621,000 down
from 710,000, president Uhuru Kenyatta lauded the move
saying he would not sign a bill in the contrary
