Civil servants are getting a pay overhaul tied directly to their zip code. The Salaries and Remuneration Commission approved a new structure, retroactive to July, that sorts housing allowances into three clusters based on local living costs. Nairobi sits alone in the top tier, with major cities like Mombasa and Kisumu in a second group, and all other areas in a third.
This means a high-grade officer in the capital can receive a housing allowance up to one hundred forty thousand shillings, while someone in a rural town with the same job gets far less. Salaries across seventeen job grades have been set, with higher grades seeing monthly pay approaching four hundred thousand shillings. Lower-grade employees will see more modest rises, with base salaries starting above twenty-one thousand.
A key change merges several old allowances into a single market adjustment, aiming to make public sector pay competitive and simpler to manage. The exact terms for unionized staff will be finalized through collective bargaining. The commission praised cooperation with other government departments, and a union leader thanked the involved parties for the intervention. This phase of the review aims to modernize compensation, with future adjustments planned to keep the framework sustainable.
This means a high-grade officer in the capital can receive a housing allowance up to one hundred forty thousand shillings, while someone in a rural town with the same job gets far less. Salaries across seventeen job grades have been set, with higher grades seeing monthly pay approaching four hundred thousand shillings. Lower-grade employees will see more modest rises, with base salaries starting above twenty-one thousand.
A key change merges several old allowances into a single market adjustment, aiming to make public sector pay competitive and simpler to manage. The exact terms for unionized staff will be finalized through collective bargaining. The commission praised cooperation with other government departments, and a union leader thanked the involved parties for the intervention. This phase of the review aims to modernize compensation, with future adjustments planned to keep the framework sustainable.
