Mr Mwai Kibaki and Mr Daniel Toroitich arap Moi. Photo/FILE
By ALLAN ODHIAMBO, aodhiambo@ke.nationmedia.com
IN SUMMARY
Mr Kibaki will be entitled to Sh82.86 million in benefits during the 2014/15 fiscal year starting July while his predecessor will get Sh66.85 million, according to the Treasury’s recurrent expenditure plans.
Mr Moi will receive Sh15.21 million in personal allowances paid as part of his salary in the new financial year while Mr Kibaki is entitled to Sh11.02 million.
Kenyan taxpayers will spend Sh149.72 million to keep former presidents Daniel arap Moi and Mwai Kibaki in comfortable retirement next financial year.
Mr Kibaki will be entitled to Sh82.86 million in benefits during the 2014/15 fiscal year starting July while his predecessor will get Sh66.85 million, according to the Treasury’s recurrent expenditure plans.
Mr Moi will receive Sh15.21 million in personal allowances paid as part of his salary in the new financial year while Mr Kibaki is entitled to Sh11.02 million.
Mr Kibaki, who stepped down from the presidency last year after serving two terms, will enjoy an insurance cover of Sh13.10 million in the new financial year, a privilege his predecessor does not have.
The total cost of statutory benefits for the two retired presidents is expected to rise to Sh158.67 million in 2015/16 and to Sh164.68 million the following year.
Mr Moi retired in 2002 after a 24 year reign, which has entitled him to regular payments, the first ever for a former head of State in Kenya.
The first president, Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, died in office in 1978. Each of the retired presidents is entitled to Sh8.11 million for foreign travel and Sh2.6 million for maintenance of official vehicles.
Parliament is yet to debate and pass a law on the retirement perks of former prime minister Raila Odinga, former vice-president Kalonzo Musyoka and former National Assembly Speaker Kenneth Marende.
A Bill sponsored by Suba MP John Mbadi is yet to be debated on the floor of the House. The Bill guarantees current Speakers Justin Muturi (National Assembly) and Ekwee Ethuro (Senate) hefty retirement packages upon completing a single term in office.
If the Bill is passed, Mr Odinga and Mr Musyoka as well as the current Speakers would be entitled to monthly pensions equal to 80 per cent of their last monthly salary in office.
The Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) in March 2013 set the Speaker’s salary at Sh990,000 while the Chief Justice earns a basic salary of Sh782,220 and Sh100,000 house allowance.
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But Mr Mbadi’s Bill does not provide any retirement package for Chief Justice Willy Mutunga, who is due to retire in less than three years.
The new Bill, which was developed after Mr Kibaki rejected the Retirement Benefits (Deputy President and Designated State Officers) Bill 2013, also leaves out then deputy prime ministers Musalia Mudavadi and Uhuru Kenyatta and the Chief of Kenya Defence Forces Jeremiah Karangi.
Mr Kibaki refused to assent to the Bill after MPs sneaked in hefty payoffs for themselves, but went ahead to sign another awarding himself Sh25 million in pension and retirement benefits.
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