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MPs pay increase raises Parliament wages by Sh2bn
A joint sitting of Parliament. The wage bill of the National Assembly and the Senate has gone up. PHOTO | GERALD ANDERSON
Parliament’s wage bill rose by more than Sh2 billion in the last one year, underlining the burden Kenyans are bearing to maintain an expanded House and enhanced perks for the legislators.
The Controller of Budget’s latest report for the year ending June 2015 shows that the wage bill of the National Assembly and the Senate stood at Sh11.2 billion, an increase from Sh9.2 billion a year earlier.
