The nationwide wave of youth-led protests has once again brought under scrutiny the wastage in public service, with calls for a relook into the salaries of top earners including lawmakers.
MPs are some of the most pampered in the public payroll, with fat allowances, staff at their beck and call and other elite privileges during and after their time in office.
Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna last week exposed the extravagance in exaggerated allocations running into millions of shillings - some going unused during the entire five-year term.
The fist-term lawmaker, who is the Senate deputy minority whip, cited the amount loaded into his Electronic Toll Collection.
“I was shocked at the amount of money that is on my ETC card for my parliamentary car. As of this morning, when I used that same car to come here, there is Sh377,000 on my ETC card," Sifuna said.