Kenyans protesting against salary demands of their legislators. PHOTO/Thomas Mukoya/Reuters
(Reuters) - Kenyan members of parliament, among the best paid in Africa, have bowed to public anger by accepting their first pay cut - but only in exchange for a tax-free car grant, pensions and extra allowances, officials said on Wednesday.
The announcement of the reduction - to around Ksh 6.38 million (approximately US$75,000) a year from the US$120,000 members of the last parliament earned -
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