MPs

Your vote, their pay: MPs to earn more after election

Reading Time: 4 minutes The next president and his deputy wi*l earn higher salaries under a new scheme announced by the Salaries and Remuneration […]

Lucrative pay fuels cutthroat MP contest

Reading Time: < 1 minute Kenyan legislators are among the highest paid in the world, making c*mpet*tion for elective seats stiff. On average, an MP […]

EACC demands 241 candidates be barred from August election

Reading Time: 5 minutes The Ethics and Anti-Corruption C*mmission (EACC) yesterday w*rned the electoral c*mmission against clearing 241 aspirants for the August 9 General […]

Treasury’s h**dache as MPs punch Sh51b hole in budget

Reading Time: 2 minutes National Treasury has found itself between a rock and a hard place after legislators dug a Sh50.6 bi*lion hole in […]

MPs demand recovery of Sh13m paid to teachers’ lobby

Reading Time: < 1 minute A House c*mmittee wants the accounting officer in the State Department of Early Learning and Basic Education to refund Sh13 […]

Refund Sh1.2b allowances, MPs ordered

Reading Time: 3 minutes Members of Parliament wi*l now refund Sh1.2 bi*lion taxpayers’ money they unlawfully aw*rded themselves in 2018 as house allowance. The Supreme […]

MPs push salaries team to raise pay after polls

Reading Time: 3 minutes Members of Parliament who wi*l be elected in the August 9 polls are set to earn in excess of Sh1 […]

Fears over MPs’ failure to pa*s crucial budget bi*ls

Reading Time: 3 minutes The fate of this year’s budget statement hangs in the balance after National A*sembly Speaker Justin Muturi w*rned that two […]

Jubilee wants Muturi, Ruto-alli*d lawmakers to refund salaries, perks

Reading Time: 2 minutes The ruling Jubilee party wi*l move to court to recover perks earned by MPs who have decamp*d to join other […]

Parliament is an inst*tution of brains, not brawn

Reading Time: 3 minutes While separation of powers is an ancient theory of dependency and inter-dependency between the three arms of government – Executive, […]