Tuesday, February 11, 2014

MPs in Kenya to be fingerprinted to prove parliamentary attendance

Kenya's parliament has launched a biometric fingerprint system to register MPs' attendance. Parliamentary speaker Justin Muturi denied that it was introduced to "curb fraud" and speed up registration and for security. Currently, there have been allegations that MPs have been using an official to sign in on their behalf in order to get a $58 (£35) attendance fee.

Kenyan MPs are among the highest paid in the world. The BBC's Odeo Sirari in the capital, Nairobi, says MPs spent the

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