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Kenya labour market at a crossroads as State milks workers dry
President William Ruto with Central Organisation of Trade Unions (COTU) Secretary General Francis Atwoli (right) at Uhuru Gardens in Nairobi on May 1, 2024 to mark Labour Day.
Consider this. A teacher who earned a monthly salary of Sh56,092 in 2020 was earning Sh51,475 by 2022, while a county worker who earned Sh72,044 in 2018 took home a monthly salary of Sh58,399 in 2022.
The teacher lost Sh4,617 in monthly spending power during the two years, and the county worker lost a fifth (Sh13,645) of pay during the four years. And the situation has become even worse, with new taxes and levies introduced last year.
