ADVERTISEMENT The Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) has secured a decisive constitutional victory after the courts affirmed its exclusive mandate to determine the salaries and benefits of Members of Parliament, dealing a major blow to the Public Service Commission (PSC) and lawmakers who had sought to wrest control over pay structures.
The ruling settles a long-running institutional turf war that has pitted SRC against PSC and sections of Parliament over who holds authority to set remuneration for state officers. In a firm interpretation of Article 230 of the Constitution, the court ruled that only SRC is legally empowered to set and review the pay and benefits of MPs and other state officers, effectively locking PSC out of the process.
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