Members of Parliament will now earn a minimum of Sh100,000 monthly for sitting allowance only after restructuring their working hours for the fifth session as even they continue to attack MCAs over Sh2 million car grant.
According to the new calendar seen by The Press Point which will take effect from February 17, the MPs have increased sitting sessions to five a week from two ‘in order to speed up debate and passage of Bills’.
The house business is usually transacted on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Now, the MPs will hold two sittings on Tuesdays and three on Thursdays.
In every sitting session, a MP is paid an allowance of Sh5000, this will now translate to Sh25,000 weekly and 100,000 monthly.
The legislators have been taking home a minimum of Sh80,000 every month as sitting allowance but going forward they will proudly take to pocket a minimum of Sh100,000.
The legislators receive Sh20 million mortgage with 3 percent interest, Sh710, 000 as basic salary and a number of allowances increasing their gross pay to a minimum of Sh1,378, 000 monthly.
The MPs enjoy Sh5 million official car grant for every five-year term and Sh7 million personal car loan from the government repayable at three percent interest.
They receive a weekly mileage allowance of Sh109 per kilometre for as many as 750 kilometres per week and monthly car maintenance allowances of Sh356,525 while we all know that some legislators spend months without visiting their electorates.
The lawmakers also get a comprehensive medical allowance for themselves, their spouses and at most four children below 25 years.
The lawmakers also enjoy airtime, group life and personal accident cover and travel allowances whenever on an official outing.
To note is that all House leaders enjoy higher basic pay and allowances those include the Majority Leader, Minority Leader and even the committee leaders among others.
A study conducted back in 2013 by a UK-based Independent Parliamentary Standard Authority and the International Monetary Fund shocked the world after it revealed that Kenya legislators are the second most paid in the world behind those of Nigeria despite the disabled economy.
