No Sitting Allowance For The Honorable Members

By Juma / Published July 29, 2022 | 9:33 am

KEY POINTS

According to SRC, members of the Senate and the Senate who will have the privilege to serve in committees will have the chairperson getting 15,000 shillings per sitting up to a maximum of 240,000 shillings per month.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

The Vice-Chairperson of a Senate or National Assembly committee will be getting 12,000 shillings per sitting up to a maximum of 192,000 shillings per month. Members will receive 7,500 shillings per sitting up to a maximum of 120,000 shillings per month.

Kenyan Members of Parliament were among the few people who are paid a salary, then paid daily as they attend sittings (sitting allowances), given car grants, and paid mileage every time they travel to their constituencies. But not anymore.

The Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) has abolished the sitting allowances for Members of Parliament in plenary. SRC has already gazetted new salaries and remuneration for the elective posts across the country, 10 days before the general elections.

Related Content: MPs Shoot Down New Taxes On Unga, LPG, And Beer

“Sitting allowances for the plenary session; are abolished and cease to be payable,” said SRC in a statement. The move is set to bring out the furry of our hungry and angry Honorable Members who will make it the first item in the first sitting.

The MPs will also be getting house allowances of 150,000 shillings, basic allowances of 426,000 shillings and their gross salary will be 710,000 shillings.

Related Content: Foreign Travel Costs For Kenyan MPs Rose By 177%

SRC has said that the “aggrieved parties are free to go to court,” but knowing our Honorable Members, they will not go to court but will try as much as possible to make something up that will give them money. They will either create more committees so that each one of them can be in a committee or they will find something else. We always have crooks who know how to survive.

About Juma

Juma is an enthusiastic journalist who believes that journalism has power to change the world either negatively or positively depending on how one uses it.(020) 528 0222 or Email: info@sokodirectory.com

View other posts by Juma