MCAs demand housing allowance perk with immediate effect

Photo: Members of the County Assembly

Just when you heard it of the housing allowance by the members of parliament,their is more. The members of county assemblies want to be given housing allowance and according to the m it should be done with instantaneous immediacy.

“Solidarity forever, solidarity forever…” well they may not be singing it, but they are definitely thinking of it in the matter of housing allowances.

If the MPs can get it,the Members of 47 counties will not be numb on this one.

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The MCAs want house allowance as state officers and they have a strong claim based on the Ruling made by Justice Chacha Mwita on 5th October 2018, that all state officers are entitled to house allowance.

It is the same precedent set by Justice Chacha Mwita that the MPs are using to claim their right to the Housing allowance in the ongoing tussle with SRC.

Photo: Justice Chacha Mwita

Johnson Osoi Chairman of the county assemblies stated that in the same spirit he demands all the MCAs be paid housing allowance forthwith.

Their is no amount pegged to their demand yet, Perhaps this is left for the SRC, who further obtained a court order to freeze Ksh 250,000 for MPs.

Their fate will be determined in a fortnight as directed by by High Court Judge James Makau on Wednesday.

Photo; MPs during a parliamentary Session

Meanwhile have not taken kindly the move by SRC to stop their housing allowance as they made to their threat and cut over 100 Million in SRC budget.

But for now it is clear that MCAs only want money and money alone.

 

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