Kinyua orders State corporations to stop MPs’ per diem
Members of Parliament have been earning double allowances whenever they visit state corporations on official duty.
This trend will henceforth stop following a directive from President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Chief of Staff and the head of public service, Joseph Kinyua.
Terming such payments irregular, Kinyua has ordered parastatal chiefs to stop paying allowances to Members of Parliament whenever they visit as committee members or attend functions there.
Daily subsistence allowance (per diem) is paid to an officer who is away from their work station on official assignment.
This means that MPs receiving subsistence allowance from the MDAs do so while on official parliamentary duties and have most likely received similar payments from the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC).
