UN, foreign NGO employees cement best paid positions

The informal sector accounted for 90 percent or 703,700 of the new jobs created last year, exposing the continued challenges facing the formal sector in the post-Covid period.

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Employees of foreign non-governmental and multilateral agencies such as the United Nations cemented their position as the best-paid private sector workers in Kenya last year, beating those working in the energy and financial services sectors.

Despite enjoying a 5.4 percent pay rise in the period, workers plying their trade in water, sewerage and waste management services took home the lowest average monthly wage of Sh29,115.

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