Court orders MPs to refund Sh3bn they awarded themselves as house allowance
The High Court has ordered MPs to pay back Kenyans Sh3 billion that they unlawfully awarded themselves as house allowance two years ago.
In the case, the Salaries and Remuneration Commission and activist Okiya Omtatah had challenged the Sh250,000 house allowance that the 416 MPs awarded themselves.
A three-judge bench has directed the Clerk of the Senate and National Assembly to recover in full from the salaries and allowances of each MP the entire money paid to them as accommodation.
Justices Weldon Korir, Pauline Nyamweya and John Mativo unanimously ruled that SRC acted within its mandate by directing Clerks of Parliament not to pay the impugned allowance which did not interfere with the constitution independence of parliament and PSC.
The MPs will each be required to pay back Sh7.2 million from their salaries within the next one year.

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