Legal hitch dims workers’ hopes of President Ruto raising pay

Delay in setting up a council that normally advises the State on minimum wages is the latest hurdle in the push by workers to get a pay increase at today’s Labour Day amid the surge in consumer prices.

The Labour Cabinet secretary is yet to establish the wages council, which is made up of workers’ and employers’ representatives as well as three independent members, that makes recommendations to the minister on minimum salaries.