Speaking to the Nation, former Ntonyiri MP Joseph Muturia said the National Assembly pension scheme has ignored those who did the groundwork for the legislature. The National Assembly last week passed the bill that provides a Sh100,000 monthly pension for MPs who served between 1984 and 2001. "Suffering"The former legislator also said most of those who served in the independence Parliament were suffering due to medical conditions and old age. Advertisement“I am lucky to be among former MPs who receive a pension of Sh100,000 because I served until 1992. He said about 150 independence MPs were alive, down from the 500 when they started the push for the pension in early 2000.

Source: Daily Nation August 11, 2020 07:45 UTC