All those things you mentioned can be accomplished by governors and MPs.

With regard to #4, all Kenyan counties are guaranteed funding. There is no need for senators to champion for anything.

Do you know of any Kenyan senator who has accomplished #4 above ?

Kenyan senators receive over 1 million in salary and benefits every month. That money would be better spent digging boreholes, fixing classrooms, repairing roads, repairing stadiums etc.

Senators are not worthwhile. What has any of them accomplished so far ?

Most people agree that the US is one ofthe most democratic countries in the world.
California is a state with 2 US senators representing 38,332,521 people.
Wyoming is a state with 2 US senators representing 582,658 people.
Is that fair?

not fair. US system is too confused to be called a democracy.

Senators are being paid Ksh 1 million per month. Kenya a poor country cannot afford such nonesense.

Around 2006-2007 I spoke with a chap who was running for Parliament. I asked him why and he said it was 100% for the money and he had little to no interest in anything else. Most Kenyan MPs are of similar ilk. So now we have an unproductive parliament and we add insult to injury by adding an unproductive senate ?

And please do not compare USA to Kenya. We are an immature democracy. Those people (USA) vote on issues and there is no rigging. A senator who does not perform to his constituents liking will not be re-elected. Kenya's democracy is not just immature. It is a joke. I guarantee that most senators will have accomplished nothing by 2017 and their re-election will not be based on performance or any contribution.

Imagine a job where you are paid a fortune for literally doing nothing.

It is no wonder that Kenya's parliament is so unproductive. In fact it was more productive during the one party Nyayo days.

@ Ole Lenku

USA is a rich country. They can afford to throw money away while learning from their mistakes.

Kenya is too poor to be spending money paying hundreds and hundreds of idlers. (I am including senators and their staff)

While the tax payer pays these idlers, Kenya has inadequate hospitals, poor infrastructure, poor schools , inadequate policing, poor security na mengineo.


I would take all that money spent on senators and instead hire hundreds more policemen to patrol. I just read about a women being shot and robbed at Kencom in broad daylight.

Priorities nayo