I don’t get paid for attending Cabinet meetings – Malala

UDA secretary general Cleophas Malala has said he does not get any allowance when he attends Cabinet meetings.

Malala said attending the meetings is part of his job as the secretary general, therefore he does not expect any salary.

However, he said, he receives his main salary from the United Democratic Party and not the government.

He was speaking in an interview with Spice FM on Wednesday.

“When I sit there, it is just one of my duties as the SG,” Malala said.

“I am not paid by the government; I am paid by my party, UDA. My party pays me through the political party fund. It is in my line of duty to ensure that the manifesto is implemented.”

He further said that he took the oath of secrecy to attend the meetings as an advisor to President William Ruto and not as a Cabinet Secretary.

Malala said the number of CSs is set by the Constitution and that the President has not breached the law by allowing his advisors to sit in the Cabinet.

On June 27, the Cabinet approved the attendance of Malala at the weekly Tuesday Cabinet meetings.

Others were chairperson of the Council of Economic Advisors David Ndii, National Security advisor Monica Juma and advisor on Women Rights Harriette Chiggai.

The four took their oaths of secrecy during a Cabinet meeting chaired by  Ruto at State House, Nairobi.

The Cabinet also approved the establishment of a special committee on pending bills.