Personal emoluments

Personal emoluments costs state K300 million annually

This was revealed by Finance Minister, James Marape, today during the National Parliament Induction Programme for Members of Parliament.

Marape said the amount has been the same for the last five years and there needs to be some tightening up on the cost.

He told Chief Secretary, Isaac Luapari, in the presence of MPs as well as Departmental Heads who were present, to clamp down on these expenditure and make it a part of the their ‘Key Performance Indicators’ (KPI’s).