MPs and senators vow not to let go of house allowance
Members of Parliament on November 21, 2018. MPs and senators put their differences aside Thursday as they vowed not to let go of their Sh250,000 monthly housing allowance. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Although there was no media briefing, a section of MPs who attended the meeting said it was unanimously resolved that they should not reimburse the monies paid to them .
PSC, chaired by Mr Muturi and which takes care of the welfare of MPs and parliamentary staff, recommended that each of the 416 members be paid Sh250,000 as monthly house allowance.
The amount, subject to tax, was backdated to October 5, 2018, the day High Court Judge Chacha Mwita ruled that all State officers are entitled to a house or an allowance.
MPs and senators put their differences aside Thursday as they vowed not to let go of their Sh250,000 monthly housing allowance, which the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) has termed unconstitutional.
