Kenyans angered by the recent moves by Members of Parliament (MPs) to ask for a salary boost have launched an online petition and a Facebook page, in a bid to recall the legislators championing the bills.
The Facebook page dubbed '1 million likes to recall MP Mithika Linturi from Parliament', has received more than 21,000 likes with an intention to reach out to more people to oppose the MPs moves.
"We have had enough of greedy politicians, this greed must stop now and it is you and me and all Kenyans who will stop it," states the description on the page.
An online petition has also been launched to collect enough signatures that will be presented to Kenya’s National assembly as a motion to file a bill by popular demand.
“We had hopes that the newly elected members would be tax payers, reasonable, hardworking and above all selfless. However, we are again disillusioned as these parliamentarians barely a month after being elected, are already seeking to increase their tax-free salaries, which every other hardworking Kenyan provides,” the petition reads.
Linturi filed a notice of intention to petition parliament to start a process that may lead to the removal of the Salaries and Remuneration Commission, which cut the MPs salaries by almost half.
This decision has proven unpopular with the MPs, with many of them saying that they deserve a $12, 000 salary per month.
This is not the first time that Kenyans have turned to social media to express their displeasure with MPs, with the most recent online petition being last year’s hashtag #KOTagainstMPsbonuses on Twitter, that partly contributed to the president declining to approve the MPs send off bonuses.
Most people are however skeptical with the online petitions, as parliament is yet to pass legislations in the constitution that will allow the electorate to recall MPs before end of their term.
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