Members of Parliament have rolled out a plan to reward election losers with jobs at the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC).
According to a statement released on Wednesday, politicians who lost in 2017 polls dominate the list of candidates shortlisted for interviews as Parliament representatives at the SRC.
In January this year, Parliament started the process of reconstituting the SRC against the backdrop of a vicious fight-back by lawmakers over lower perks.
Angered by the SRC’s decision to reduce their princely salaries and allowances, MPs vowed to pick ‘friendlier’ representatives at the helm of the agency in a bid to influence their higher pay.
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The Parliamentary Service Commission - the agency that employs MPs - and the Senate invited applications from qualified Kenyans amid the salary row with the SRC.
Previously, MPs accused the Serem-chaired commission of unfairly scrapping their Ksh5 million car grant, Ksh5,000 per committee sitting and House plenary allowances.
The SRC reduced their salaries from Ksh710,000 to Ksh621,250.
As one of the 13 nominating agencies, PSC has one slot in the SRC, while the Senate nominates one person to represent the 47 county governments.
Interviews are then conducted and both the Senate and PSC pick two nominees each and forward the names to the CS Public Service for onward transmission to the President.
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The President then picks one from each for appointment as SRC commissioners.
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