Despite the hard living conditions facing the citizens, the senators want to pocket for themselves 2.4m each month. They have also proposed offering more money to purchase luxurious cars. We from the Islamic political party Hizb ut Tahrir/ East Africa, strongly condemn and disapprove this move and would like to emphasize:

This proposal elucidates the greedy reputations of democratic politicians who always regard politics as a money-generating project!

This greed does not commence from the senators only. They in fact follow the footsteps of the members of parliament as witnessed last year when the legislators along with the senators, increased their allowances despite strong opposition from the citizens against that move. Sadly, some of the areas that are being represented by the senators are facing strikes from health workers who wail to be paid their basic salaries not increment! Hence democratic politics are only meant to cater for the few in reign. This alone exposes the innate colossal weakness of the democratic politics which is to mix politics with money, a move that hugely contributed to the lack of incentives to those who are democratically elected from devotedly serving their citizens contrary to what they usually rave during the democratic elections, in the real sense their sole agenda is to enrich themselves. This is contrary to the politics in Islam, where the leaders and politicians are basically compelled to serve their citizens and satisfy their benefits.

This move automatically inflicts more sufferings to the Kenyans half of whom live below one dollar per day.

Commiserating, the same citizens are the ones who are overburdened by the heavy load of taxes which finally end up in the pockets of politicians! This is the quiddity of politicians who follow the capitalist ideology who are used to wringing citizens by imposing upon them heavy levies as is well known to the capitalists' economists that 90% of the government income comes from levying taxes upon citizens! On the other hand, Islam has clearly stipulated its own unique of generating income, that does not heavily rely on taxation. Should the need arises, and then just a small percentage is imposed upon those who can afford to pay.

We say that the Islamic ideology is the only one ideology expected to produce sincere politicians who when in power are compulsorily obliged to serve the citizens and not to increase salaries.

For example, in the Khilafah "Caliphate" ruling system [Islamic ruling system], the Khalifah [the Islamic Ruler] does not receive a paid salary, rather is given provisions to cater for his basic domestic needs to enable him to deal effectively with the responsibilities of governing as he is not regarded as an employee as is the case with the leaders of all democratic countries. This elucidates how Islam wants of the rulers to be compassionate towards their citizens whom they rule and not oppress them as is the norm under the yoke of capitalism democracy worldwide.

Shabani Mwalimu
Media Representative of Hizb ut Tahrir
in East Africa