Kenyan taxpayers will be forced to pay heavily for the joblessness of the outgoing governors, deputy governors, speakers and the members of the county assembly (MCAs) just for staying at home and doing nothing.
Apparently, this proposal was suggested by the county assemblies forum which brings together all the speakers of the 47 county assemblies.
This forum has proposed a bill to allocate retiring governors a lump sum payout of one year salary, which with the current rate will see them take home 11.1 million Kenya shillings per governor.
The greed has further been extended through another proposal which will ensure that the outgoing governors receive a monthly pay of 80% of their basic pay. The basic pay for each governor is 924,000 and 80% of that will be 739,000 shillings every month.
To make the matters worse, Kenyan taxpayers will have to pay 50% of their monthly pension salaries to their spouses for life if they die.
On the other side, their deputy governors will receive a one time lump sum payment of 7.45 million shillings while their monthly pension will be 372,750 Kenya shillings which is 60% of their current salaries.
At the same time, speakers of all the 47 counties are proposed to receive a lump sum pay of 3.1 million Kenya shillings and a monthly pension of 155,925, being 60% of their present pay (259,875).
In both the above cases, their spouses will be entitled to a lifetime 50% monthly pension should they die just like the governors.
Kenyans will also be compelled to dig deeper into their pockets to impress thousands of MCAs (Members of the county assembly) by giving them a lump sum pay of 1.7 million Kenya shillings and a medical cover for two term MCAs.
To further make the taxpayers shoulder their private life after retiring, the bill has proposed that each retired governor, deputy governor and speaker get 1 driver, a 3,000 CC fuel guzzler vehicle, a personal assistant or secretary, a housekeeper and a fuel allowance which is 10% of the governor’s salaries.
However, this greedy move is already facing resistance from Kenyans of goodwill since it comes in the wake of MCAs receiving 2 million each car grants some few moths ago in a bid to pass the BBI Bill.
As a result, aggrieved Kenyans who have vowed not to finance private lives of these county leaders are already threatening to go to court to challenge such a selfish, greedy, inconsiderate and insensible move.
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