Members of Parliament have vowed to pass the new bill seeking to increase their perks despite opposition from President Uhuru Kenyatta, it has emerged.
Emerging details indicate that the house is planning to use their powers and bring in two-thirds of the house to force the bill through after Uhuru vowed to not approve it.
Some of the members who have defied the President in regarding the Parliamentary Service Commission bill 2018 are Uhuru's Jubilee Party Members.
These include House Majority whip Bernard Washiali and Majority Leader Aden Duale.
Both have maintained that lawmakers will not he swayed ad they seek to expand their medical insurance, allocate themselves more cars and get rent-free houses.
“This is a bill about which MPs will not listen to their leaders. It is important for MPs to express their mind freely on this one,” Washiali told the Sunday Nation.
“It is a right of every employee to be housed by the employer and MPs are no exception. Let us not make it look like all the clauses are bad,” he added.
Uhuru last week expressed his opposition of the same, terming it an additional burden on the backs of Kenyans already struggling with many other financial issues.
But according to Duale, its time the Parliament stood on its own feet without being interrupted by outsiders.
The bill is set to be presented before the Committee of the Whole for the third reading on either Wednesday or Thursday.