Debate on whether legislators should award themselves hefty allowances or not has continued to attract mixed reactions.
Lawmakers are seeking to have their car grants doubled from the current Sh5 million to Sh10 million. They are also fighting for an increase in the plenary sitting allowance to Sh7,500 from the current Sh5,000 per session.
Kenyans on social media have castigated Kiambu Senator Kimani Wamatangi and Rarienda MP Otiende Amollo over their remarks regarding the proposed allowances.
The two who were speaking during a live interview at KTN on Tuesday said that the debate is exaggerated owing to the little pay they take home.
“The loans MPs take are deducted from their salaries. My pay slip now reads Sh640 after deductions," Wamatangi said.
IOn his part, the Rarieda MP claimed that; “By the time I was elected, I already had my house in Nairobi, but since I got into the office I haven't bought a house, I've hardly bought anything," Otiende claimed.
This didn't augur well with a number of netizens who have argued that legislators should consider quitting instead.
Others blamed the MPs' 'broke' status to classy lifestyles they lived at the expense of poor Kenyans. A social media user went ahead to suggest that legislators should consider enrolling for a financial management course which was ideal to them as it would help them live within their means.
Here are some of Kenyans' mixed reactions on Twitter;