Civil Society activists in Kenya Tuesday held a demonstration to protest MPs’ demand for salary increment.
The 'occupy Parliament' protestors blocked the main entrance of the National Assembly waving placards condemning MPs greed.
The demonstration comes a day after the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) ruled out a pay increase for MPs.
On Monday, the SRC said it would
neither be cowed nor intimidated by the lawmakers’ threats to sack its
commissioners if their pay is not reviewed upwards.
“The threats and intimidation
will not stop us from undertaking our mandate. We shall fulfill our
mandate as is required by the law,” said SRC chairman Sarah Serem in
Nairobi.
“We don’t know which body has
the legal mandate to send us home. This, however, is not our concern.
Our main worry is how to improve the country’s economy and issue of
sustainability of the wage bill.”
MPs had two weeks ago attempted to arm-twist the commission to have them increase their perks.
This was after Igembe South MP
Mithika Linturi tabled a petition before the House to have the
commissioners removed if they did not yield to their demands.
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