This archive report was first published on 5 October 2019.
Published on October 5, 2019, a move aimed at ensuring solemnity in the discharge of parliamentary affairs so that taxpayers can get value for money.
According to sources in Parliament, more than 150 MPs, including committee chairpersons, could be affected by the purge after collecting allowances for meetings they did not attend.
A committee chairman is paid Sh15,000 for chairing a meeting, a vice-chairperson pockets Sh12,000, and an ordinary member takes home Sh8,000 for every sitting attended.
The Salaries and Remuneration Commission Kenya Gazette notice of July 7, 2017, capped committee sittings at 16 per month or four per week.
Speaker Justin Muturi maintained that having the MPs repay the illegally pocketed allowances may be difficult, but warned that such MPs will be de-whipped.
“Those who do not attend the meetings have no business being members of those committees. They should be removed,” Mr Muturi said.
