SRC Abolishes Sitting Allowances and Car Grants for MPs, MCAs

The Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) has abolished plenary sitting allowances for Members of Parliament (MPs) and Members of County Assembly (MCAs) effective from August 9th, 2022.

On Thursday, SRC Chairperson Lynn Mengich said mileage allowances which include car grants for all State officers among them MPs, MCAs, speakers, and County Executive Committee Members (CECs) have similarly been removed.

“Sitting allowance for plenary sessions in Parliament and County assemblies is abolished and ceases to be payable. Transport facilitation benefits in the form of car grants for state officers is abolished and ceases to be payable,” Mengech said at a media briefing in Nairobi.

“Any remuneration and benefits not specified in the gazette notice are not payable unless subsequently set by SRC.”

Mengich further noted that the roles of the Members of Parliament, County Executive Committee and County speakers have been upgraded as a result of job evaluation.

She indicated that after the remuneration review cycle of the financial year 2021 to 2025, the commission deconsolidated salaries for all State officers but the gross salary remains the same.

“The salaries structures remain the same thus the gross pay has been retained except for roles that have been upgraded as a result of job evaluation. The consolidated salary has been deconsolidated and itemized into basic salary, house allowance, commuter allowance and salary market adjustment,” Mengich said.

Under the review, MPs will earn a gross salary of Sh710,00 per month while MCAs will take home Sh144,375. The monthly salary of the President and the Deputy President has been maintained at Sh1.44m and Sh1.2m respectively.

SRC has retained MPs’ committee sitting allowance where the chairperson pockets Sh15,000 per sitting before tax, the vice-chairperson gets Sh12,000 and a member of the committee gets Sh7,500.

By scrapping the plenary sitting allowance, SRC vice chairperson Dr. Amani Komora said the commission expects to save between Sh1 billion to 1.5 billion per year.