Serem team to review county officials’ pay
Salaries and Remuneration Commission chairperson Sarah Serem at a past function. Photo/File
What you need to know:
- SRC said it had saved the country Sh1.4 billion after reviewing salaries of just three per cent of public officers.
The salaries commission is seeking to include county assemblies in its campaign to reduce the government wage bill.
The Salaries and Remuneration Commission will on Monday meet Governor Kinuthia Mbugua and Nakuru county assembly members as it starts “job re-evaluation for county leadership”.
In a statement, commission chairperson Sarah Serem said they would visit all the 47 counties in the next two weeks in a move aimed at providing a platform for county governments to look for ways of providing Kenyans with better services in a “cost-effective” way.
SRC said it had saved the country Sh1.4 billion after reviewing salaries of just three per cent of public officers.
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Among those whose salaries were reviewed were parliamentarians, the President and his deputy.
“Commissioners and the members of the county assembly will be able to consult on job evaluations for all State positions in the county governments as well as address and clarify the mandate of the Salaries and Remuneration Commission, which is to set and regularly review the remuneration and benefits of all State officers,” said the statement.
SCR deputy vice-chairman Daniel Ogutu said the public sector wage bill for this financial year stood at Sh458 billion against the total budget of Sh1.5 trillion.
“Kenya has exceeded its expenditure as we are at 43 per cent yet by international standards it is not supposed to exceed 40 per cent,” noted Mr Ogutu.
