Like in Tanzania 40 Uganda MPs get zero salary over debts

[ByaseL]

About 40 MPs are so indebted that they have no money in their accounts at the end of the month despite earning a take-home package of at least Shs15 million, parliamentary sources have revealed.
About 50 other MPs are left with less than a million shillings after paying off their debts, according to sources in the Parliamentary Commission, undermining their ability to turn down financial favours from the Executive and other power brokers.


Workshops now a lifeline

Sources within the Parliamentary Commission, a body in charge of members’ welfare, told Daily Monitor that most of the first-term MPs are struggling to pay off loans taken to fund their election campaigns while others borrowed to fund lavish lifestyles.

Many of the affected MPs are forced to spend their time attending workshops and field trips to

 

[Tausi Mzalendo]

About 40 MPs are so indebted that they have no money in their accounts at the end of the month despite earning a take-home package of at least Shs15 million, parliamentary sources have revealed.
About 50 other MPs are left with less than a million shillings after paying off their debts, according to sources in the Parliamentary Commission, undermining their ability to turn down financial favours from the Executive and other power brokers.


Workshops now a lifeline

Sources within the Parliamentary Commission, a body in charge of members' welfare, told Daily Monitor that most of the first-term MPs are struggling to pay off loans taken to fund their election campaigns while others borrowed to fund lavish lifestyles.

Many of the affected MPs are forced to spend their time attending workshops and field trips to

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[Kabaridi]

Ndio tatizo tunayo Afrika, munaweka mtu katika uongozi, akiwa vile alivyo anarudi akiwa mjuaji. This subject is very contrary hapa Kenya. Watu wataendelea kuchuma fulusi wakiondoka hakuna kushutumiwa na mahakama.