Members of Parliament have cried out after the Parliamentary Service Commission failed the pay their allowances for two months now.
According to one of the MPs Matooke Republic has spoken to, only their basic salaries (Shs11m) have been paid.
An MP on average gets about Shs25million on top of their basic salaries. The allowances they get include town running (shs1m), Gratuity (Shs1m), medical (shs500,000), subsistence (shs4.5m), committee sitting (shs50,000), plenary sitting (shs150,000).
“We did not get allowances for August. Now I have checked but we also don’t have allowances for September. This is not good. Some of us have loans to clear,” he said.
But the Communications Director at Parliament, Chris Obore has assured the members that their allowances will be paid and that the Commission has written to commercial banks notifying them of the delay.
The assurance, however, does not cover those who borrowed from loan sharks and other money lenders.
Obore attributed the delay to budget cuts but was confident that the allowances will have been paid by end of this week.