The Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) plans to increase travel allowances for State officers attending official duties in towns outside Nairobi, Kisumu, Mombasa and Nakuru in a move that could pile pressure on the wage bill.
The agency wants to change the current practice where daily travel allowances are pegged on job groups and towns being visited, with those travelling to Nairobi city for instance pocketing as much as 67 percent more than those visiting towns outside cities and county headquarters.
