RAILA ODINGA And KALONZO Set To Be Paid 800K Monthly Plus More Luxurious Benefits However

FORMER Prime Minister Raila Odinga and former Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka will be entitled to monthly pensions equal to 80 per cent of their last monthly salary in office.

This is according to the Retirement Benefits (Deputy President and Designated State Officers) Bill, which sailed through its second reading yesterday. It will be returned to the House today for any amendments and approvals.

Raila and Kalonzo will get Sh800,000 each month, in addition to two saloon cars of not more than 2,000cc each. Each of the former leaders will also be entitled to a four-wheel-drive vehicle of not more than 3,000cc, with 15 per cent of their former monthly salaries as fuel allowance.

Some MPs aligned to jubilee have already told the House that they will propose amendments to reduce the packages, which they term a luxury.

One of the other amendments expected will allow Raila and Kalonzo to continue being active in politics even as the State continues to provide them with retirement benefits.

Moving the Bill, Suba MP John Mbadi protested the move by the Budget and Appropriations Committee to insert a Clause which indicates that, for anyone to benefit, that person should not engage in elective politics.