MPs return Ksh460 million irregularly paid to them
MPs return Ksh460 million irregularly paid to them between October 2018 and December 2020.
Members of the National Assembly and their Senate have completed repayment of Ksh460 million irregularly paid to them by the Parliamentary Service Commission.
Speaking to the media on Tuesday, July 12, the Clerk of the National Assembly, Michael Sialai, confirmed that the MPs completed the payment at the end of the 2021/22 Financial Year.
According to Sialai, each lawmaker was asked to return around Ksh1 million, and he acknowledged that this sum needed to be recouped by the end of each legislator’s term.
“We have now fully complied with the court order, the end of June was the last deduction. It was a painful decision but we had to do it in compliance with the court order.
“While some opted to pay out what they owed in cash, we had to do the monthly deductions for others so that no member finishes his or her term with that public debt,” Sialai stated.
The money in question, Ksh250,000 was awarded to MPs by PSC as house and accommodation allowances.
However, the money was paid to lawmakers without the approval of the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC).
Each member was deducted between Ksh169,000 and Ksh172,000 from their monthly salary.
The return of the money came after the Court of Appeal upheld the decision by the High Court asking them to refund allowances irregularly approved by the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC).
Justices Pauline Nyamweya, Weldon Korir, and John Mativo of the High Court agreed with the petition filed by SRC challenging the constitutionality of the awarding of the allowances.
The Commission argued that the Parliament employer lacked both constitutional and statutory mandates to set salaries and allowances of MPs and parliamentary staff.
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