National Assembly Majority leader Kimani Ichungwah has told off his minority counterpart Opiyo Wandayi over claims that they have not received March salaries.
According to Ichungwah, their salaries were paid on Wednesday and Thursday and he should make a point of checking his account.
The Kikuyu MP went on to sarcastically say that if he finds no money then it has been wiped by his personal debts.
“My colleague Opiyo Wandayi claims his salary hasn’t been paid. Bro, check your account or manage your debts better.
"Salaries were paid on Wednesday and Thursday, maybe yours was wiped out by personal debts like our national revenues are wiped out by that debt hole the handshake regime put us in,” Ichung’wah said.
His remarks were in response to Wandayi’s Friday remarks that just like civil servants, they had not been paid.
A statement released on Friday by National Assembly Minority leader Opiyo Wandayi said MPs were yet to receive their salaries, wondering where the revenue generated was going.
Normally, MPs receive their salaries by the end month between the 26th and 30th.
However, according to Wandayi, this had not happened yet."For the first time in our history, even MPs have not been paid as we head towards mid-month," the statement reads in part.
Wandayi decried that other civil servants have also been affected, except the members of the security sector, including the military and police, and teachers.
"For the first time since independence in 1963, the government of Kenya is unable to pay salaries to civil servants and members of parliament. Nearly all civil servants don't know when or if they will ever be paid. The situation has been degenerating progressively since December last year," he said.
The Ugunja MP noted that these delays were not only affected the civil servants but also the people who depend on them.
