Third Way Alliance Party Leader Ekuru Aukot has lashed out at Members of Parliament over their latest push for additional allowances.
This comes at a time when he is in the process of pushing for a constitutional amendment that if passed, will see MPs salaries reduced and the parliamentary seats reduced as well.
Among the proposed allowances earlier in the month was the night allowance, which the former presidential aspirant on Monday took issue with.
In a phone interview with Radio Maisha's Alex Mwakideu on Kivumbi show Monday morning, he termed the proposal hilarious, adding that his bill seeks to tame such henceforth.
"MPs are currently increasing their salaries at will. They are now pushing for night allowances, have they become watchmen? (Saa hii wabunge wanajiongezea mishahara vile wanataka. Sasa wanataka night allowance. Mi najiuliza, kwani wamekuwa watchmen?)," he wondered.
He added that if passed, his Punguza Mizigo Bill will also see to it that women and men are given equal consideration with regards to being elected and parliamentary privileges.
He said that in his bill, both genders will be considered equal and given equal chances of representing the people.
"We want equality between men and women. No one can say they were not born by a woman or don't have a sister (Tunataka usawa kati ya wanaume na wanawake. Hakuna mtu anaweza sema hakuzaliwa na mama ama hana Dada)," he added.
His bill has since been presented to the county assemblies after the approval of his 1.2 million signatures by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).