Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairman MP Tindi Mwale during a session at Parliament Buildings on September 10, 2025/NATIONAL ASSEMBLYBillions in taxpayer-funded allowances for judges have sparked a storm in Parliament, with MPs demanding to know why the Judiciary sets its own rates outside the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC).
During a heated session of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) at Parliament Buildings on Wednesday, September 10, 2025, the MPs who sit in the committee questioned why the Judiciary continues to set its own allowance rates independently of SRC benchmarks, despite the constitutional mandate that SRC regulates public officers’ pay.
