President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga have ignored a special audit of the Constitution that said Kenya is overrepresented by too many greatly overpaid lawmakers. A special audit report on socio-economic impact of the 2010 Constitution revealed that Kenyans are over-represented by exorbitantly paid lawmakers in the two tiers of government. Kenya has 416 lawmakers - 67 senators and 349 members of the National Assembly - and 2,526 MCAs in the 47 counties. Their report said Kenyans are “spending far too much on their far too numerous MPs and MCAs in 47 counties". Musyimi said before Parliament embarked on forming the team to audit the Constitution, President Uhuru and Deputy President William Ruto were briefed and supported the process.

Source: The Star December 14, 2020 02:03 UTC