Kenya.Pension Bill for Members of Council Assembly gets governors’ backing
Governors will support MCAs in their push for a law that will give them pension after service.
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The new legislation that is developed by the Council of Governors on the welfare of governors and deputy governors will also cover county assembly speakers and MCAs.
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Council of Governors chairman Wycliffe Oparanya said the proposed legislation’s passage would cushion MCAs from after-service economic shocks resulting from lack of a salary.
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MCAs currently do not have a pension scheme and the majority of those voted out during elections return home with no clear future financial plan.
“Pension is an important thing and you know these are honourable people who have served the public, so this is not an unusual thing,” Oparanya said. “We have already received the Attorney General’s opinion and he has said when we start a pension scheme it has to come from county funds because MCAs do their work in the county.
So we are not looking at something strange.” He, however, said in case the proposed legislation is signed into law, the regulation must be uniform across the 47 counties. He said it must have guidelines from the Salaries and Remuneration Commission. Oparanya who was accompanied by Busia Governor Sospeter Ojaamong spoke during the Western Cluster County Assemblies Forum in Busia.
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