The Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) has dismissed allegations that Members of Parliament had not received their October salaries.
PSC Secretary Jeremiah Nyegenye affirmed that the claims were deceptive, ascertaining that the salaries for all the 349 MPs had been channeled to their bank accounts on time.
“MPs who have not received salaries? That is not possible. If there is one of them who has not received their income, then let me know,” Nyegenye, who is also the Senate clerk, stated.
Starehe legislator Charles Njagua stated that he never bothered to establish the exact date when his salary was channeled into his account.
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“I don’t follow up whether my salary has been wired into my bank account or not. I don’t know the exact date that the salary is deposited in my account,” Mr Njagua stated.
It had been reported last week that a section of MPs were concerned over their delayed salaries since they assumed office after the August 8 General Election.
Members of the 12th Parliament earn Sh621,000 per month, down from the Sh710,000, which their predecessors earned.
In August, Homa Bay Womens Rep Gladys Wanga condemned the Sarah Serem-led Commission for allegedly humiliating them by slashing their salaries and allowances.
“There is a mission to demean the legislative arm of the government. This is a mission to reduce MPs to beggars and take them back to the Nineties when they used to beg for handouts to be able to perform their duties in the constituencies,” Mrs Wanga lamented.
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She further trashed the gazette notice and blamed the SRC for failing to evaluate the legislators work accordingly before effecting the pay-cut.
