ANC leader Musalia Mudavadi has joined other Kenyans to question how MPs and Senators secretly sealed a deal that will see them receive handsome allowance.
The allowances include a Sh250,000 monthly allowance for each of the 416 members.
The allowances are to be backdated to August last year in a move that would see the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) pay house allowances to legislators over and above their mortgages.
But it is the current economic hardships being experienced in the country — where majority of the population are unable to meet their basic needs — that has heightened the criticism to the legislators’ action.
Mr Mudavadi said it was a sign of greed by elected leaders to continue awarding themselves hefty perks when ordinary Kenyans were struggling to meet basic needs like food and healthcare.