A section of the Members of the National Assembly. Photo/STEPHEN MUDIARI NATION MEDIA GROUP
By TOM MATOKE (tmatoke@ke.nationmedia.com)
Posted Monday, May 6 2013 at 12:23
Posted Monday, May 6 2013 at 12:23
IN SUMMARY
- The MPs led by Homa Bay MP Peter Kaluma said plans to have their salaries tripled would start once they manage to disband the Salaries and Remuneration Commission.
A section of MPs from Rift Valley and Nyanza want their basic salaries increased to Sh2 million per month.
They said the increment would enable them to serve tax payers who go to them to ask for assistance.
The MPs led by Homa Bay MP Peter Kaluma said plans to have their salaries tripled would start once they manage to disband the Salaries and Remuneration Commission.
He said: “Before I became Homa Bay MP I used to earn more than Sh1 million a month and will not accept to take home Sh800,000.”
They were speaking during a funds drive at St Barnabas ACK Church in Kapsabet, Nandi County.
However, Mosop MP Stephen Bitok and his Emgwen counterpart Alex Kosgey disagreed with their colleagues saying salaries should not be a priority.
“Kenyans should focus more on developments projects since general election is over and stop spending all their energies on MPs salaries,” they said.
“My voters are more interested in how we can improve infrastructure because roads are impassable in this rain season and a lot of farm produce is going to waste, they added.
Other leaders at the function were Elijah Lagat (Chesumei), Oscar Sudi (Kapseret), Charles Gimose (Hamisi) and Nandi County women representative Sipora Kering.
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