‘You will not be liked’ – outgoing SRC chairperson says as her term ends

SRC

Outgoing Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) chairperson Lyn Mengich on September 2, 2024, recounted her six years at the institution, urging her successor to be firm. In an emotional farewell speech, Mengich who was appointed to head the salaries body during former president Uhuru Kenyatta’s last term mentioned that balancing the interests of the public […]

CS Moses Kuria directs PSC to suspend recruitment drive

Public Service Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria. PHOTO/@HonMoses_Kuria/X

Public Service Cabinet Secretary (CS) Moses Kuria has ordered the suspension of recruitment in the public service sector.  In a statement on July 4, 2024, Kuria cited a directive from Treasury CS Njuguna Ndung’u, which ordered a complete freeze on hiring new staff for the next year. While addressing the chairperson of the Public Service […]

List of politicians who have rejected salary increment

The Salary and Remuneration Commission (SRC) announced salary increments for state officers, members of parliament and cabinet secretaries effective July 1, 2024. The Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi’s salary increased to Ksh990,000 per month while the National Assembly Speaker’s salary increased to Ksh1.2 million per month. MPs and senators’ pay increased to Ksh739,600. A governor’s […]

Gov’t announces 7-10 percent pay rise for civil servants

The Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) has announced a salary increment for civil servants in a new review. Addressing a press conference in Nairobi on Wednesday, August 9, SRC chair Lyn Mengich said civil servants will get a salary increase of between 7-10 per cent over a two-year period, inclusive of the existing notch increase, […]

SRC increases salaries for President, his Deputy ahead of August polls

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It is good news for candidates in this year’s election after the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) increased salaries for those who would clinch the seats on August 9. Also included in the new hefty pay, which takes effect immediately according to a Gazette notice in our possession, are senior government officials. Under the new […]