Bank CEOs pay hits 50 times what staff earn

From left: Coop Bank chief executive Gideon Muriuki, his counterparts Joshua Oigara of KCB and Jeremy Awori (Barclays Bank). FILE PHOTOS | NMG

Chief executives of publicly traded banks are paid nearly 50 times what the median bank employee earns, the latest executive pay data shows, offering insight into the extent of wage inequalities in Kenya’s private sector.

This remuneration structure means a typical bank employee in Kenya will need to work for five decades to earn what the average CEO makes in a year.

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Note: The results are not exact but very close to the actual.