Members of Parliament have become the latest in a long line of public servants to face salary delays.
According to a statement issued by National Assembly Minority Leader Opiyo Wandayi, MPs have yet to receive their salaries, leaving them wondering where the revenue generated is going.
MPs typically receive their salaries between the 26th and 30th of the month.
However, Wandayi claims that this has not yet occurred.
“For the first time in our history, even MPs have not been paid as we approach mid-month,” according to the statement.
Wandayi lamented that other civil servants, with the exception of members of the security sector, including the military and police, and teachers, had also been affected.
“Kenya’s government is unable to pay civil servants and members of parliament for the first time since the country’s independence in 1963. Almost all civil servants have no idea when or if they will be paid. Since December of last year, the situation has deteriorated gradually “He stated.
The Ugunja MP stated that these delays impacted not only civil servants but also the people who rely on them.
He requested that the Parliament conduct an investigation into the financial crisis, including an investigation into the operations of the National Treasury, the CBK, and the KRA.
“We believe that a lot of our cash flow problems are due to corruption, tribalism, nepotism, incompetence, and plain theft at critical revenue collection points, beginning with the KRA,” Wandayi added.
