Mbadi argued that the Gazette Notice was a mere communication to MPs because it did not borrow from any Act of Parliament.
“What we did in quashing SRC’s Gazette Notice has a precedent we have done it in the past, where if they felt that a Gazette Notice or any other subsidiary legislation goes contrary to our laws, goes contrary to our Constitution we have a right as a Parliament given to us by the Constitution to revoke it.” The Suba legislator said.
On Tuesday, the MPs adopted a report of the Committee on Delegated Legislation, which had recommended the revocation of the Legal Notice published in the Kenya Gazette on grounds that the salaries commission violated the law. That legal notice had set the monthly pay for the lawmakers at Sh532,500.
The report claimed that SRC flouted 11 pieces of legislation as well as the constitution on fixing salaries for state officers.
“We will show the people of Kenya that we are for them, we are their servant, they elected us by giving them tax exemptions in some cases. So it’s not about giving up that one is peanuts, we are not worried about salaries, salaries are not very important but it has became the agenda of the day. We are politicians we must take that agenda to another day,” said Shill when asked if they had abandoned demands for higher pay to pursue cuts for other office holders.
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