MPs want Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen to table a list of all village elders paid a monthly KSh 3,000 stipend. They say the selection may have favoured some people over genuine elders who served unpaid.
MPs are demanding an investigation into how 106,000 village elders were selected, The Eastleigh Voice reported on Sunday. The legislators cited claims of favouritism in the process.
They want Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen to submit a list of everyone receiving the monthly KSh 3,000 stipend. According to The Eastleigh Voice, the MPs want to check whether those on the payroll are the genuine elders. These are the people who previously served their communities without pay.
The Daily Nation reported that MPs also want a say in how village elders are chosen. The paper described the elders as a 106,000-strong grassroots army. The available sources did not include a response from the Interior ministry.
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