‘I swear I shall not sign that law’, Kenyatta says on bid to reverse law cutting MP’s pay
Nairobi — Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta rebuked newly elected MPs on Thursday for resisting modest cuts to their salaries and perks, worth more than $10,000 a month, and said citizens were angry with extravagance in the government. Kenyatta, whose August 8 re-election is being challenged in the supreme court by opposition leader Raila Odinga, vowed not to assent to any law reversing the reductions into legislators’ wages, if the court upheld his victory. The issue is an emotive one in the East African country, where the minimum wage is equivalent to $100 a month. On Wednesday, a legislator who sits on the parliamentary service commission, Gladys Wanga, said the cuts, which have already taken effect, would turn MPs into "beggars", and vowed to oppose them when parliament restarted next week. Kenyatta told a televised meeting with headteachers: "I’m greatly disturbed by the remarks we have been hearing from yesterday of individuals who wish to claim that they should be paid more and...
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