Kenyan taxpayers would have to delve even further into their pockets to contribute hundreds of millions of shillings in order to purchase computers for the virtual parliamentary proceedings.
This will be accomplished if the House of Commons adopts a report suggesting means for Members of Parliament to continue meeting during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Parliamentary Broadcasting and Library Committee presented the report to the House on Thursday, July 8.
Furthermore, the legislators favored computers to iPads for the proposed virtual sessions, according to the committee.
Following is a breakdown of the projected costs that taxpayers will be responsible for if legislators accept the report. Kenya now has 349 National Assembly members and one speaker, as well as 68 Senators, including the speaker.
In a separate story, taxpayers will contribute KSh 1.1 billion to the creation of a fully functional, cutting-edge legislative television channel. If the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) approves the television channel’s launch, taxpayers would foot the bill for the station’s operation, which will cost KSh 300 million per year. The channel, known as Bunge TV Channel, will broadcast all Senate and National Assembly activities and events over a 24-hour period.
