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Kalonzo applies for VP retirement perks
Wiper Democratic Movement leader Kalonzo Musyoka in Nairobi on January 20, 2017. PHOTO | JEFF ANGOTE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
What you need to know:
- Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka has made a formal application for the lavish pension offered retired vice presidents, adding to the taxpayers’ burden of keeping former officials comfortable in retirement.
- Sources at the Treasury say Mr Musyoka made the application last month, weeks after the State eased restrictions on the Opposition leaders’ access to State retirement benefits following the peace deal between President Uhuru Kenyatta and his rival Raila Odinga.
- The Wiper leader is entitled to a lump sum pay of Sh8.64 million, Sh720,000 in monthly lifelong pension and Sh108,000 in fuel allowance every month — benefits that will in coming weeks be extended to Mr Odinga who made a similar application at the start of the year.
Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka has made a formal application for the lavish pension offered retired vice presidents, adding to the taxpayers’ burden of keeping former officials comfortable in retirement.
Sources at the Treasury say Mr Musyoka made the application last month, weeks after the State eased restrictions on the Opposition leaders’ access to State retirement benefits following the peace deal between President Uhuru Kenyatta and his rival Raila Odinga.
