Editor's Review

The government has increased salaries for all civil servants.

The government has taken steps to avert a planned strike by civil servants by increasing salaries, with a minimum raise of Sh1,300 for the lowest job group and up to around Sh5,000 for the highest.

In a circular by Public Service Principal Secretary Amos Gathecha on Tuesday, September 3, the salary increase was backdated to July 1, 2024. 

The civil servants will also receive a raise in house allowances in the salary structure, which forms Phase Two of the implementation of the remuneration and benefits for civil servants in the national government.

"The new basic salaries and house allowance will apply to civil servants in the national government in CSG17 to CSG4 who will be in service on or after 1st July 2024," read part of the circular by Gathecha.

According to the new structure, the lowest-paid civil servant in job group CSG17, whose current pay is Sh15,580 per month, will now receive Sh16,920. 

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At the same time, those earning Sh16,910 in job group CSG17 will receive Sh18,250, while those earning Sh17,420 will earn Sh18,760. 

Civil servants in job group CSG16 earning Sh16,910 per month will now receive Sh18,250, while those earning Sh19,220 will receive Sh20,560. 

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In job group CSG15, the lowest paid civil servants will receive Sh19,340 per month, up from Sh18,000, while those currently paid Sh19,900 will receive Sh21,240. 

Civil servants earning Sh19,220 per month in job group CSG14 will now receive a salary of Sh20,560, while those earning Sh23,130 will receive Sh24,470.

In job group CSG13, civil servants taking home Sh23,700 per month will now take home Sh25,420, while those taking home Sh31,450 will take home Sh33,170.

For the higher job groups, civil servants earning Sh143,640 per month in job group CSG5 will now receive a salary of Sh146,360 per month, while those earning Sh262,420 will receive Sh266,750. 

Similarly, those earning Sh180,160 per month in job group CSG4, the highest job group, will now receive a monthly pay of Sh182,890, while those earning Sh335,450 will receive Sh339,780. 

This comes after the Salary and Remuneration Commission (SRC)  on Thursday, July 18, deferred salary review for all public officers in the 2024/25 financial year.

The move was due to budget cuts resulting from the withdrawal of the Finance Bill 2024.

However, on Tuesday, September 3, the Ministry of Public Service brokered a deal with representatives from the workers' union to increase the salaries.