Parliament foreign travel budgets

MPs and their staff are tipped for a windfall following a dramatic budget increase for foreign travel, allowances and other non-essential expenditure.

Estimates presented to MPs by the Parliamentary Service Commission reveal that the legislators will have more money for globe-trotting in the next financial year.

The budgetary jump features other fringe spending like training and hospitality, coming at a time other entities like the Judiciary face stringent cash shortages.

While Parliament has been allocated Sh43.6 billion in next year’s budget, the Judiciary is set to make do with Sh23.6 billion, a difference of Sh20 billion.

Overall, the allocation to the National Assembly and the Senate has been increased by Sh8 billion and Sh7 billion respectively. 

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