MPs unhappy with pay asked to step down

.............That's the best advice to these lot. It shows you-MPs took the job for the sake of its not the service you promised to deliver. Shame.....MPs if you are unhappy with pay, PLEASE step down.

PHOTO | FILE The refurbished chambers of Parliament. Incoming MPs will be paid less than their predecessors. They will also have to take a car loan at three per cent but their mortgage was raised.  NATION MEDIA GROUP

By NATION CORRESPONDENT
Posted  Monday, March 25  2013 at  00:30

Members of Parliament who are dissatisfied with the pay set by the salaries commission have been asked not to take oath of office and seek other jobs instead. (Read: Incoming MPs set to earn less perks under new rule)

Civil society members on Sunday warned the politicians against interfering with the work of the Salaries and Remuneration Commission, saying it was working within its constitutional mandate.

Some of the newly-elected MPs have threatened to bring a motion that will seek to disband the commission if it insists on reducing the salaries of the lawmakers. (Read: MPs reject ‘demeaning’ salaries and vow to push for fresh review)

But the civil society have told off the MPs and warned them against interfering with the work of an independent commission.

“Anyone dissatisfied with what the commission has set should look for other jobs that are better paying,” said National Civil Society Congress president Morris Odhiambo.