MPs Pushing SRC To Raise Pay and Benefits After Polls
MPs Pushing SRC (Salaries and Remuneration Commission) To Raise Pay and Benefits After August Polls.
Members of Parliament who will be elected on August 9 will earn more than Sh1 million per month if incumbent legislators’ proposals to the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) are approved.
The MPs, in an informal session known as kamukunji, pushed for increased salaries and enhanced allowances for attending committee sessions.
In addition, they’re advocating retaining their current allowances for attending sessions in the parliament.
They promised not to give up their Sh5,000 sitting allowance, which they receive every time they attend a parliamentary session.
The SRC suggested scrapping the sitting allowance in its suggestions to the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC).
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MPs Pushing SRC To Raise Pay
However, the lawmakers are demanding their salaries be at par with those of Court of Appeal judges, who earn a maximum of Sh1,156,108 and a house allowance of Sh400,000.
SRC has proposed to increase an MP’s salary from the current Sh621,250 to Sh710,000, which would see taxpayers fork out an extra Sh785 million annually to pay salaries for all legislators.
MPs are also demanding an increase in car grants from the current Sh5 million to Sh7.5 million.
The SRC cut the tax-free car grant cut to Sh3.5 million, leaving MPs to use the subsidized vehicle loan of Sh7 million to purchase high-end cars like Toyota V8s.
The commission further proposes an increase in allowances paid to MPs for attending committee sessions to be increased from the current Sh5,000 to Sh7,500 for ordinary members and Sh10,000 for chairpersons.
However, in a session chaired by Speaker Justin Muturi, MPs were adamant that SRC must raise their salaries to the same level as that of the appellate judges.
“We made it clear to them (Parliamentary Service Commission members) that our salary must be enhanced to match that earned by judges of the Court of Appeal.
Members felt that PSC was not doing enough to agitate for our rights during its meetings with the SRC,” said another MP.
Others are said to have told Muturi that the PSC, which he chairs, was in bed with the Salaries Commission since PSC had failed to defend their demand to earn sitting allowances whenever they attend parliamentary sessions.
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