Parliament has come under heavy scrutiny for splurging millions of shillings on seminars at luxurious hotels.
This could be making a mockery of President William Ruto's tough austerity measures to manage the country's debt burden.
Parliament, which consists of the Senate and the National Assembly, is among the top spenders of the government budget.
In the current 2022-23 budget, the bicameral house was allocated Sh50.2 billion.
Ruto had directed the National Treasury to ensure that government departments and agencies cut down on non-essential including seminars to save about Sh300 billion.
In November the National Treasury issued a circular doing away with the entire budget for travel, training and other non-essentials.
However, members of the 349-National Assembly jetted to the coastal city of Mombasa for a week-long induction expected to cost millions of taxpayers' money.
The MPs who are expected to pock huge perks in allowances have in the last two days boycotted sessions planned to train them, casting doubt on value for money.
The lawmakers are protesting delays in the release of the NG-CDF funds by the Treasury, opting instead to holiday at the Coastal city.
The MPs are booked in the luxurious Pride Inn Beach Resort, Convention and Spa in Mombasa for their induction to House Committees.
In the Senate, at least 46 Senators are in Dar es Salaam for a seminar while 21 others, who include committee chairpersons, are at the Sarova Whitesands in Mombasa for a different training.
A copy of the National Assembly members' seven-day training shows that they checked in at the Pride Inn on Sunday until January 28.
MPs are entitled to fly economy class when traveling locally with the current rates going for at least Sh15,215.
The estimated air travel for the 370 MPs is Sh5.63 million with the cost expected to rise if they are accompanied by their aides.
The MPs will pocket up to Sh47.13 million in per diem allowances for the one week they are in Mombasa.
At Pride Inn Hotel, an online search shows that it costs Sh24,096 a night per person including bed and breakfast.
This would translate to Sh58.87 million for all the 349 members although the hotel could have given discounts to Parliament given the bulk booking.
Those booked at the Whitesands Hotel would gobble up Sh2.98 million for the 21 senators with those in Tanzania likely to spend a fortune.
Recently, the MPs also had a week-long induction at the Safari Park while their Senate counterparts spent five days in Naivasha for induction.
