Members of Parliament are in the process of amending the law to make it impossible for the Auditor-General to scrutinize their usage of public funds.
The new bill; The Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) (No3) Bill 2019 seeks to prevent detection of theft by blocking the funds from government reallocation.
It seeks to create a fund which only the MPs will be able to access, where the money will be sent in a single package and used by the MPs as per their wishes.
The bill which will be amended from Article 127 of the constitution, has been proposed by Ndaragwa MP Jeremiah Kioni and appears to be another plot to also block the Controller of Budget from interfering.
"There is established a fund to be known as the Parliamentary Fund, which shall be administered by an officer appointed by the Parliamentary Service Commission… The fund shall be used for administrative purposes as may be necessary for the discharge of the functions of Parliament,” reads part of the bill as quoted by the Standard.
The bill states that the Parliament will be in charge of coming up with the regulations of the fund.
It at the same time appears like a tact to exclude the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) which has been questioning MPs over illegal allowances.
“The Bill seeks to enhance the independence of Parliament by creating a parliamentary fund in which all monies appropriated to Parliament will be deposited,” it further reads.
In the bill tabled last week, the MP wants the fund administered by an officer appointed by the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC).
It means that MPs will have beaten a current law directing that monies not spent by June 30 be returned to the National Assembly for reallocation.
Similar benefits will be enjoyed by Members of the County Assemblies (MCAs) should the bill be passed.