Civil servants spared cut on allowances

SRC chairperson Lyn Mengich gestures during a press briefing on May 15, 2019. PHOTO | FRANCIS NDERITU | NMG

Current civil servants will be spared hefty allowance cuts in new staffing and remuneration guidelines aimed at taming Kenya’s ballooning public wage bill.

The capping of allowances at not more than 40 percent of the monthly gross pay will only apply to new employees joining the civil service, cushioning the 865,200 workers attached to government and State corporations.

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