Politics
MP wants his pay and perks to be taxed
Kangundo MP Johnstone Muthama. He says that MPs' refusal to have allowances taxed is unwise.
An MP wants his salary and allowances taxed.
Kangundo’s Johnstone Muthama said on Saturday that he wrote a letter to the National Assembly Clerk and the commissioner of income tax on November 18 asking them to tax his pay and perks.
The refusal by his parliamentary colleagues to have their perks taxed is not a wise move, he said. “Before the law we are all equal; ordinary Kenyans expect their elected representatives to lead from the front, and this should be seen when it comes to paying taxes,” he said.
“Everybody wants MPs to pay taxes — church leaders, Islamic preachers, hawkers and the poor man in the village who expect the taxes to help improve his or her livelihood. They have all said MPs should be taxed,” he said.
Mr Muthama was fielding questions from journalists when he led a team of visiting South Korean missionaries to a site in Miu location in the constituency, which has been earmarked for a secondary school.
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SJ502,i agree sir,women MPs,don't you think it's time for affirmative action?Do you only visit this when it's time for receiving ond not giving?I may be wrong,do we really have women MPs in the 10th parliament?Hello!!!
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Syindumyaki: You are one lucky voter, some of us here voted in vampires; our MPs have to pay their campaign loans and mortgages first before they act like patriotic citizens of this country. //// What are women MPs thinking? They should be in the frontline paying taxes; they know better how desperate other women are!
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next time we vote them in,it is only those who will agree to be taxed and cut their salaries in halv through this august house that will be voted in.sound and clear as that.
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