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Ministries petition Cabinet over Sh2.6 billion payment for ex-councilors

When former councilors appeared before the Senate Standing Committee on Labour led by chair Senator Julius Murgo on March 16, 2023. [Elvis Ogina, Standar]

The National Treasury and the Ministry of Labour have drawn a Cabinet memorandum for transmission to the Cabinet for one off payment of Sh2.6 billion honorarium to more than 12,000 councillors who served the country between 1963 and 2013.

The National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Njuguna Ndung'u and his Labour counterpart Florence Bore appeared before the Senate Labour and Social Welfare Committee to explain the status of the Sh200,000 honorarium to the former councillors pursuant to the recommendation of the committee.

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