I think that it is actually a crime that our ministers and MPs get paid this much.

According to the World Bank, Kenya is a low income country, and 45.9 percent of the country lives in poverty, and the GNI per capita is $820 dollars.

That means that this TV is worth almost 20 times (TWENTY TIMES) than the average annual pay of the average Mwananchi.

People, am I the only one who thinks it is shocking that our Ministers get paid 20 times more than the national average pay for a YEAR in one month?

Warigia

On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 11:20 AM, robert yawe <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
Samsung on Friday launched a 84" LED 3D monitor worth Kes. 1.8 M which is equivalent to a Ministers 1 month pay and a MP's 2 months pay.
 
Robert Yawe
KAY System Technologies Ltd
Phoenix House, 6th Floor
P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
Kenya

Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696

From: luke mulunda <lmulunda@yahoo.com>
To: robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk
Cc: "kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Sent: Thursday, 22 November 2012, 12:51
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Who will buy this Sh1m TV?

guys,
Sharp just launched an 80-inch LED TV in Kenya and the prize is tagged at Sh1 million ( see link http://businesstoday.co.ke/news/2012/11/22/sharp-returns-kenya-crazy-deal-sh1-million-tv-0 ) Just who's going to buy this monster?

Luke M.

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