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Lawyer Miguna Miguna has welcomed the news that Members of Parliament are yet to receive their March salary.

In a tweet on Friday, Miguna said the priority must be shifted to ordinary Kenyans.

"This is actually very good news, in a different way. The MPs should wait a little bit. Many of them haven't done anything for the public interest. Priority must be the ordinary mwananchi," he said.

This comes after Ugunja MP Opiyo Wandayi said this is the first time that they have experienced salary delays.

They broke for the Easter holiday before they could get their pay.

He questioned the whereabouts of the revenue the country has generated, saying the financial situation has been degenerating since December 2022.

"This month, things have come to a head. For the first time in our history, even MPs have not been paid as we head towards mid-month," he said.

"For the first time since independence in 1963, the government of Kenya is unable to pay salaries to civil servants and members of parliament Nearly all civil servants don't when or if they will ever be paid."

Wandayi accused the government of the delays, saying President Wiliam Ruto-administration had resulted in bad financial decisions.

"We believe a lot of our cash flow problems have got to do with the corruption, tribalism, nepotism, incompetence and plain theft at critical revenue collection points, starting with the KRA, in addition to wrong spending priorities," he added. 

He called for the Parliament to conduct an inquiry into the financial crisis including a probe into the operations conducted at the National Treasury, the CBK and KRA.

"We need to take a close look at the operations of individuals and systems at the National Treasury, the Central Bank of Kenya and the Kenya Revenue Authority and compel testimony and the production of documents with a view to establishing what has gone wrong."