Lobby groups back Serem

Thursday, May 9, 2013 - 00:00 -- BY CHARLES MGHENYI
LOBBY groups from Coast under the Pwani Coalition Forum for Good Governance have faulted threats by MPs to disband the Salaries and Remuneration Commission.
The MPs have been in a row with the salary commission over their monthly pay of Sh532,000 from the initial Sh851,000 the tenth parliament members used to pocket.
Speaking to the press in Mombasa, Yusuf Lule the executive director of Human Rights Agenda said the MPs should work according to the guidelines set by the new constitution.
“We condemn the apparent bullying and threats to the SRC which is constitutionally mandated to set and regulate salaries and benefits for state and public officers,” he said.
Lule said the ongoing negotiation between SRC and the Parliamentary Service Commission might compromise the mandate of the commission.
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