Kenyan lawyer gets country’s High court to stop Members of Parliament from getting a $32 million pay off
The High Court in Kenya has issued temporary orders stopping the treasury, Parliamentary Service Commission and the salaries and remuneration commission and Kenya’s Attorney General Githu Muigai from processing or making severance payments to members of parliament as compensation for a shortened term according to a report by the Standard.
Lawmakers this week piled pressure on treasury demanding to be paid a total of ksh.3.3 billion (32 Million USD) between September 2017 and March 2018 when they claim their term in office will come to an end says KTN
The case filed by lawyer Dismas Wambola in court argues that the MPs cannot earn money that they did not work for.
“The payments shall be against public policy since it will not be commensurate with the public wage bill and the national economy. The same will not serve any public interest but personal and selfish interests of the MPs.” the judge was told
On Tuesday, Treasury gave in to pressure from Parliament to form a team to determine the lawmakers’ gratuity amounting to millions of shillings each as their term lapses.
The Constitution allows the 416 MPs both in Senate and National Assembly to pocket Sh11,011,200 (106,389 USD)each as gratuity for their service once their term ends on election day, according to the Star.
