Published by API, December 19th, 2008
Dear Ladies and gentlemen (Kenyans)
It has been brought to my attention that Micheal Otieno is looking for people to join him in the petition to the Attorney General concerning MP taxes. I am informed that this case will be heard in January at the high court.
Since what he is doing is very similar to the petition we put forward before, I am kindly requesting all our signatories to also sign his petition at http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?PETN756. Because his petition is organised in a legal manner, it will also be usable for our course.
Our intention is to first take this petitions to the offices of the speaker, the prime minister and the presiedent after the date of presentation of this case to the attoney general. After which we will present it to the seantors in charge of African Affairs here in the US.
Please sign both the petitions as soon as you can and distribute them to as many Kenyans as you can. This is your opportunity to stop the impunity with which the MPs are handling Kenyan affairs and money.
To make it a little clearer any money you send to your old mother is taxed, when she buys salt, it is taxed, when she buys unga they tax her but they dont tax the 1.2 million an MP earns per month. To make it worse the tax your mother pays is what eventually becomes the salary of the MP which is now greater than that of a US senator.
Act now, Kenyan!
Sign the petition and give us an opportunity to fight for you!
There is absolutely nothing we can do if these petitions are not signed by a million Kenyans
Keeping the MPs on their toes is your duty.
Do it.
Sign these petitions again at.
1. http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/KDFC
2. http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?PETN756.
Yours Sincerely
Dr. Barack Abonyo
Subject: KENYAN MP SALARIES IS HIGHER THAN US SENATORS: SIGN A PETITION TO REDUCE IT
KENYANS SET TO PETITION DONORS AGAINST KENYAN MP’S SALARY
Dear Kenyan,
Below is your MPs total salary per month
Basic salary = Sh. 395,000
A minimum commuted mileage = Sh. 75,000
Entertainment allowance = Sh. 60,000
Extraneous allowance = Sh. 30,000
House allowance = Sh. 70,000
Monthly car maintenance allowance = Sh. 247,000.
Gym membership allowance = Sh. 2,000.
Vehicle fixed cost allowance = Sh. 336,000
Committee meeting allowance = Sh. 40,000
Constituency allowance = Sh. 50,000
TOTAL TAX FREE = Sh. 1,242, 2000
= $17,742 per month
Per year each MP earn = $212,904 per year
EXTRAS Car loan = Sh 3.3 Million
House loan = sh 10 million
COMPARE THIS WITH A US SENATOR SALARY
USA senator's salary = $165,000/year
= $13,750 per month
The salaries the Kenyan MPs are earning are from donors. This money will be paid back to a single drop by Kenyan tax payers. Kenya is a very poor country compared to United States. Just why these MPs earn more than the USA senators baffles everyone. However, they do so because the public have not demanded their rights. We have 207 MPs may be more. In five years they will draw about Ksh. 2 billion. This is greed. Only the Kenyan public can stop this.
Sign this petition and we will make sure it is delivered to the hands of the donors. We will also make attempt to lobby US/UK congress/senate to look into the money these two countries give to Kenya. Kenyan economy cannot sustain this. This petition may help stop this.
Again the petition site is: http://www.ipetitio
Dr. Barack O. Abonyo