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MPs to cost taxpayers Sh2m each per month
Parliament in session: Budget documents show that legislators will be paid Sh390,000 more in the next fiscal year. PHOTO | FILE
The cost of keeping a Member of Parliament will rise to an average of Sh2 million per month beginning Wednesday (July 1), highlighting the growing burden to the taxpayer of an expanded House of legislators with powers to determine their perks.
Budget documents show that the 349 MPs (National Assembly) will, in the fiscal year starting July 1 (Wednesday), get paid an average of Sh1.99 million per month in salaries and reimbursements for costs incurred up from an average of Sh1.5 million this year.
