East Africa: EAC MPs Miss Salaries in Cash Crunch, As Burundi and South Sudan Face Expulsion

Employees of the East African Legislative Assembly are yet to get their June salaries, while members of parliament have gone three months without their full pay as the cash-strapped institution scrambles to put together its 2021 annual budget whose deadline passed last week.

"EALA members have not been paid their sitting allowances since March. We demand that the secretariat pays all staff including MPs. EAC partner states need to honour their remittance obligations," said Kenyan MP Abdikadir Aden during a heated debate at the EALA last week.

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