Kaparo, Willy Mutunga in armoured car, pension row with Treasury

Mr Francis Ole Kaparo

Two former Speakers of Parliament and a retired Chief Justice are locked in a standoff with Treasury officials over their demands for lavish retirement perks that include a bullet-proof fuel guzzler, backdated retirement benefits and shift to a higher pension pay scale.

Former National Assembly Speaker Francis ole Kaparo has demanded, among his other generous pension benefits, an armoured four-wheel drive 3000 cc engine vehicle bought and fuelled by taxpayers. Former Senate Speaker Ekwee Ethuro and retired Chief Justice Willy Mutunga are also demanding additional millions in retirement benefits, arguing that the Treasury used wrong figures to calculate their exit packages and monthly pension payments.

After leaving office, Dr Mutunga publicly declared that he was worth Sh80 million. He added that he earned a net salary of Sh50 million in the five years that he served as CJ.

The two, according to correspondence with the Treasury ,they want the Pensions Department to base their pension payouts on their last gross salaries estimated at about Sh2 million and not the lower figures quoted by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC), which places the Speakers’ basic salary at Sh693,000 and that of the former Chief Justice at Sh796,732.

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