By Enyichukwu Enemanna
President of Kenya, William Ruto has approved salary increase for civil servants in the country, a development that comes as implementation of the second phase of the Collective Bargain Agreement (CBA) between the government and workers.
This will see the civil servants receive a rise between between Ksh1,000 (Kenyan Shillings) and Ksh30,000.
In a letter issued by Public Service Principal Secretary Amos Gathecha, the government workers are also set to receive an increase in their house allowances.
According to the new wage structure, the lowest cadre of civil servants will get a salary increase of Ksh1,000, which will see their payslips rise from Ksh16,950 to Ksh18,250.
Similarly, those earning Ksh19,220 salary are set to get a new pay of Ksh20,560.
The adjustments are set to be backdated to July 1, 2024.
“The second phase of the new basic salaries and salary scales, which form appendix I and II to this circular will be implemented for civil servants in CSG17 to CSG4 with effect from 1st July, 2024,” Principal Secretary Gathecha noted.
“Second phase of the reviewed house allowance which form appendix III to this circular will be implemented for civil Servants in CSG17 to CSG4 with effect from 1st July, 2024,” Gathecha added.
The agreement was implemented for the higher job groups with government workers earning Ksh102,860 set to receive a pay rise of Ksh3000, bringing their earnings to a total of Ksh105,570.
Also, those earning Ksh118,790 are set to receive a salary increase that will see them earn Ksh121,500 in the new wage structure.
“The Salaries and Remuneration Commission Commission (SRC) has advised on implementation of the Remuneration and Benefits for the Civil Service in the National Government for the Third Remuneration and Benefits for the Civil Service in the National Government for the Third Remuneration Review Cycle 2021/2022-2024/2025,” PS Gathecha directed.
According to the Public Service Commission, the conversion of basic salaries and house allowance will be processed automatically through the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Database (IPPD) system.
Heads of Human Resource in various ministries and departments were directed to verify the conversions promptly in order to ensure that any errors detected are corrected on time.
The latest agreement comes a week after civil servants across the country threatened to stage demonstrations by the end of this month should the government fail to honour part of CBA.
