The Head of State has dismissed the proposal issued by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission that sought to increase salaries for government officials.

Speaking at KICC, the president shut down the proposal maintaining that the gap between low-earning public servants and high earners is hence should be moderated.

He therefore put an end to the proposal to increase salaries for the President, Deputy President, Cabinet Secretaries, as well as MPs.

President Ruto however said, that he had directed SRC to come up with better ways to standardize salaries for government official to match with international standards.

“I have instructed the SRC to give us international best practices because we need to reduce the gap between all of us who work for the people of Kenya. We need to make sure that the gap between the person paid the least and the person paid the most is not too big because we are all workers.”

According to President Ruto, it is unfair for one public official to earn a salary 100 times more than another in the same government, and the commission should strive to find the balance.

SRC proposal, sought to have the President’s salary increased from the current Ksh.1,433,750to Ksh.1,650,000 and of the DP from Ksh.1,227,188 to Ksh.1,402,500.

The President has approved a similar proposal by SRC to increase salaries of the lower cadre of civil servants by between 7-10% effective July 1,2023.

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