EA MPs becoming a thorn in the flesh

The story about EAC spending 40% on hotels does not come as a surprise to me. Our African leaders use a lot of public funds on their personal issues other than improving the lives of their wretched electorate. Their allowances are very high, if not obscene, but nobody cares to ask why. Before questioning the officials of EAC on their immoral misuse of public funds, it is better to start asking their role models: the Legislators and other government officials, in their respective countries, for their penchant misuse of public funds. After all, they learn from the government and so to get rid of the problem you get rid of the cause.
What about consultants' fee, which can be equivalent to paying the salary of three employees? Isn't it weird that these officials are paid a lot of money and they do little work? Look at the number of ministers in Kenya and the assistant ministers who in some cases are more than two. Doesn't this explain why poverty is a qualification of East African countries? How can we progress in our economy if all the public money goes in the pockets of a few individuals instead of improving our economy? These are the questions which such MPs should meditate upon, daily.

By Susan Wamuyu.