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Former Kenyan lawmakers to be paid Sh3 billion

Former MPs could soon receive a financial windfall after a House committee recommended that they should receive Sh3 billion compensation for the years they served in Parliament.

The 370 MPs who served between 1984 and 2002 will each receive approximately Sh8 million as compensation, in a first step to address the plight of former lawmakers, some of whom frequent Parliament seeking handouts from sitting members.

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