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Kenya: Speaker Defends MPs' Pay Rises
Nation, 11 July 2010
House Speaker Kenneth Marende has supported the MPs' move to raise their pay, saying he envisioned a Kenya in which everyone was "properly" paid. Read more »
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Kenya: How We'll Win Pay Battle - MPs
Nation, 9 July 2010
Parliament digs in for its third major money battle against the Treasury next week, with MPs basking in self-belief that nothing will stop them from getting the proposed hefty… Read more »
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Kenya: Defiant MPs Stay Put to Demand More Pay
Nation, 8 July 2010
Anger against the push by MPs to increase their pay was on Thursday written on the faces of these Kenyans demonstrating outside Parliament. Read more »
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Kenya: Activists Protest at Hefty Pay for Leaders
Nation, 8 July 2010
Human rights activists on Thursday held a demonstration in Nairobi to protest against the planned salary increment for MPs. Read more »
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Kenya: No Money for MPs Pay, Says Uhuru
Nation, 2 July 2010
Kenya MPs' efforts to award themselves a huge pay raise have suffered a setback after Finance minister Uhuru Kenyatta declared that Treasury has no money to accommodate the… Read more »
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Kenya: Civil Society Refuse MPs Pay Raise with Tax Money
Nation, 1 July 2010
The civil society on Thursday pleaded with Finance minister Uhuru Kenyatta not to allow tax money to be used to pay the salary increase for members of Parliament. Read more »
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Kenya: Cotu Against Generous Salaries
Nation, 1 July 2010
The Central Organisation of Trade Unions (Cotu) has condemned MPs for awarding themselves a hefty pay rise. Read more »
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Kenya: Teachers Outraged by MPs' Hefty Pay Rise
Nation, 1 July 2010
The hefty pay increase MPs awarded themselves has angered teachers, who accused the legislators of sabotaging the economy. Read more »
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Kenya: Why Should Kenyans Cry Foul? They Created This Monster
Nation, 8 July 2010
The outrage over the behaviour of our Members of Parliament is understandable. Once again, they have pulled another one from their bag of mischief. Read more »
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Kenya: Hope of Taming MPs' Greed Lies in New Constitution
Business Daily, 2 July 2010
You might think they would have learnt their lesson by now. But not even public outcry has stopped Kenya's MPs from increasing their own salaries over the past five years and… Read more »
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Kenya: Greed of Our MPs a National Shame
Nation, 1 July 2010
Our members of Parliament have proved, once again, how selfish, unfeeling and inconsiderate they are. They could not have chosen a worse time to fast-track another increase in… Read more »