MPs have stormed out of their retreat in Mombasa again in protest over the delayed disbursement of NG-CDF funds.
It was the second time the lawmakers walked out of the induction demanding that the money be deposited in their accounts.
They had staged a similar walk-out on Monday at Pride Inn Hotel where they accused Treasury Cabinet Secretary Prof Njuguna Ndung'u of playing games with them.
On Tuesday, Embakasi East MP Babu Owino said they will not attend the seminar until the funds are released.
"It's pure balderdash to come and entertain nonsensical, comical and ridiculous activities being done here while our people are suffering," he said.
The government sent Sh7 million to the NG-CDF accounts of which Sh2 million is for administration while the other Sh5 million is for the bursary.
The MPs, however, don't want the funds released piecemeal but rather in a lump sum.
"This meeting will stop until the money is put into our accounts,” Babu affirmed.
The legislators refused to resume their induction even after Treasury PS arrived at the meeting to try and convince them.
They insisted that all the money must be deposited in their accounts to enable them to send poor children in their respective constituencies to school as the new academic year gets underway.
"They ought to have projected ahead and the money that was supposed to be given to us. We have only four months remaining to the end of this year, we have not been paid anything."
Babu explained that the most immediate need in the constituencies is to disburse bursaries to ensure learning is not disrupted for underprivileged children.
The MP dismissed the notion that the government could be broke saying revenue is collected daily.
"Whatever they collected yesterday and today, we need that money for the students to go. They collect Sh7 billion per day," he said.
National Assembly NG-CDF Committee chairman Musa Sirma said the 'war' will continue
'It's alluta continua, it will continue until we get the money. That money is a must, it's not a request. This money is a basic need, it's a need that children must get to school," he said.
Following the standoff, the Liaison Committee called off Tuesday's session and said the induction will continue on Wednesday.
"Following a resolution of the Liaison Committee today morning, the Committees’ Induction Sessions will continue tomorrow Wednesday, 25th, January 2023 at 0900hrs, at Pride Inn Paradise Resort and Convention Centre, Mombasa County," the committee said in a dispatch to the media.
