Kenya civil servants celebrate having been granted a pay rise
Posted by African Press International on August 15, 2008
Pay raise for civil servants
Minister for Public Service Dalmas Otieno (right) with his Permanent Secretary Titus Ndambuki at a press conference at his Harambee House office. Photo/ STEPHEN MUDIARI
In Summary
- Government increases the salaries unionisable civil servants in job groups A to L.
- Deal backdated to to July 1, 2008.
- Lowest paid to earn basic salary of Sh7, 829 and highest paid Sh 30,472.
The Government has increased the salaries of unionisable civil servants in job groups A to L.
The pay deal for the more than 120,000 employees is backdated to July 1, 2008.
In effecting the pay raise Public Service minister Dalmas Otieno said the salary adjustments took into account a number of considerations.
“The distribution of this salary adjustment takes into account the disparities within job groups and the need to motivate staff in the lower and middle cadres.
“The increase also takes into account the government’s ability to pay within the current budgetary constraints.”
He said that the Government had provided Sh3.5 billion this Financial Year to be distributed to civil servants in these cadres.
Mr Otieno said the new pay raise was the last installment from the harmonisation package first paid out in July 1, 2005.
“Any other awards will be freshly negotiated.”
In the new deal the lowest paid civil servant in Job group A will now earn a basic salary of Sh 7,829 from Sh 3,310. Additional house and medical allowances will push the package to Sh 11,204.
The highest unionisable civil servant in job group L will now earn Sh 30,472 up from Sh 11,690. House and medical allowances will see the workers take home Sh 51,972.
Mr Otieno, who was flanked by Union of Kenya Civil Servants officials Secretary General Mr Tom Odege and Assistant National Treasurer Ms Rehema A Ibrahim said the salary scales have been shortened in order to enhance the annual increments to make it more meaningful and to provide horizontal equity within respective job groups.
Job group A attracts a house allowance of Sh 3,000 and a medical allowance of Sh 375 while job group L employees are paid Sh20, 000 as house allowance and a further Sh 1,500 as medical allowance.
He urged the civil servants to be committed to their work, embrace work ethics and spear head the process of transforming Kenya to a globally competitive and prosperous nation.
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Edwin kemei said
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Mirriam kang'ara said
I would like 2 know more about group G &k