Kenyan Members of Parliament resumed their induction workshop at the Mombasa Pride Inn Hotel on Wednesday following the release of Sh4 billion by the Treasury towards the National Government-Constituency Development Funds (NG-CDF).


The MPs stormed out of the hotel, abandoning the proceedings and protesting the delay in the release of the funds.

The MPs, who were set for a week’s parliamentary retreat at the Mombasa Pride Inn hotel, questioned the delay in the funds, saying parents in their respective constituencies who rely on the funds are currently stranded with their children, who are supposed to report back to school because of the delay.

The MPs demanded an audience with the Treasury CS, Njuguna Ndugu, and suggested the funds used for hosting the retreat be redirected to the CDF.

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They blamed Njuguna for not addressing the matter with the urgency it deserved.

MPs were scheduled to attend a one-week induction workshop in Mombasa beginning Monday in which they were to be inducted on how to execute their mandate as required of them, but the process was hampered after over 300 MPs boycotted the workshop for two days.

The MPs who maintained their protests were for a valid cause were expecting about Sh50 million for bursaries.

Moses Wetangula, Speaker of the National Assembly, traveled to Mombasa to try to resolve the impasse between the MPs and the national government.

Following a Supreme Court ruling and months of negotiations with the MPs, the Treasury agreed in December 2022 to disburse Sh2 billion of the NG-CDF in weekly tranches.


That would mean MPs would receive Sh44.289 billion in 23 weeks after the initial disbursement was made on December 9, 2022.