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Kenya: Kenyatta Blocks Sh100,000 Monthly Pension for Ex-MPs
Capital FM, 10 September 2020
President Uhuru Kenyatta has declined to assent to an amendment to the parliamentary pension Act, which would have seen MPs who retired between 1984 and 2001 receive a monthly… Read more »
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Kenya: MPs' Pension Law is Illegal, SRC Says
Nation, 14 August 2020
The Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) is determined to spoil the party for 100 MPs who served between 1984 and 2001, arguing that the law awarding them Sh100, 000 a month… Read more »
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Kenya: Ex-MP Now Wants Monthly Pension for Independence Lawmakers
Nation, 11 August 2020
A former MP has asked President Uhuru Kenyatta not to assent to the Parliamentary Pensions (Amendment) Bill, 2019 until it also awards MPs who served in the first and second… Read more »
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Kenya: SRC Petitions President Kenyatta to Veto MPs Pensions Amendment
Capital FM, 13 August 2020
The Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) has petitioned President Uhuru Kenyatta to reject Parliamentary Pensions (Amendment) Bill which will see more than MPs who retired… Read more »
Kenya President Trims the Fat, Blocks Ex-MPs Pensions
MPs who retired between 1984 and 2001 will not receive a monthly pension of U.S.$900 for life, under revised changes to the National Assembly's retirement benefits law. President Uhuru Kenyatta has recommended the deletion of the clause that carries the primary content of the parliamentary pension amendment bill, 2019, saying that it "overlooks" the mandate of the salaries and remuneration commission. The passage of the bill would have meant that the government had to pay at least U.S.$10,6 million in a lumpsum enhanced pension to the former MPs. The amount is backdated to July 1, 2010, when the Parliamentary Service Commission adopted recommendations made by the Akiwumi Tribunal, which reviewed the terms and conditions of MPs and employees of parliament. This follows the government's attempts at managing the current economic debt burden.
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The passage of the 2019 Parliamentary Pension Amendment Bill means the government will be required to pay at least U.S.$11 million to the former MPs who served between 1984 and ... Read more »
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The government paid millions in penalties due to the delayed completion of the 430-kilometre high-voltage power line from the Lake Turkana wind turbines to Suswa sub-station in ... Read more »
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Sirisia MP John Waluke and his co-accused Grace Wakhungu have been found guilty of defrauding a state agency. Their sentence follows a conviction after the prosecution proved the ... Read more »
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U.S.$8 billion of Kenya's Budget will go to servicing debt in the 2020/21 financial year. The Treasury has also shrunk Deputy President William Ruto's total allocation by 40% in ... Read more »
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Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani has downgraded this year's economic growth outlook to between 1.8 and 2.5% from the previous forecast of 6%, saying that his department will ... Read more »
