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Can MPs decide their own salaries?

No

No. The Salaries and Remuneration Commission sets the pay and benefits of all State officers, including MPs.

Article 230 gives the Salaries and Remuneration Commission the power to set and regularly review the remuneration and benefits of all State officers; Article 260 lists MPs as State officers. Article 116 adds that a law giving MPs a direct financial interest cannot take effect until after the next general election.

“set and regularly review the remuneration and benefits of all State officers;”

Article 230: Salaries and Remuneration Commission

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Summaries and answers are a plain-English guide written by Iam254, not legal advice. The official text is what counts. Official text: Constitution of Kenya, 2010, Kenya Law (National Council for Law Reporting), legislation as at 3 September 2010. It has not been amended since.