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Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has criticised some newly elected MP's for resisting cuts to their salaries and grants, worth more than $10,000 a month, saying the public is angry with their extravagance. The announcement last month by the salaries commission that it would scrap MPs' car and other allowances and reduce their monthly pay has set lawmakers on a collision course. On the line to Nairobi, Focus on Africa's Akwasi Sarpong heard from Yusuf Hassan, an MP who supports the cuts (speaking first), and Ledama Olekina, a Senator who wants to block the reductions.
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