The Salaries and Remuneration Commission has released a new pay order that will see State officials earn much less than they are currently getting.
The SRC has also terminated the notorious sitting allowances for MPs and MCAs. Mileage and special responsibility allowances have also been scrapped.
In the proposed structure that will be in effect from September 2017 to 2022, Sh. 8 billion will saved annually.
Other perks that were abolished are governors’ and deputy governors’ allowances.
The new structure takes effect after the August 8 General Election and State officers whose terms are longer than the current term or whose terms won’t expire this year will continue earning their current pay.
New office holders or those re-elected will earn the new salaries, and therefore, whatever ends with this Parliament ends with everything.
Here is a summary of the proposed pay cuts:
- President: Sh1.4 million from Sh1.65 million
- Deputy President: 1.2 million from 1. 4 million
- Cabinet Secretary: Sh924,000 from Sh1.056 million
- Principal Secretary: Sh765,000 from Sh874,000
- Governors: Sh924,000 from Sh1.056 million
- MPs: Sh621,000 from Sh710,000
- Speakers: Sh1.155 million from Sh1.30 million
- Deputy Speaker: Sh924,000 from Sh1.006 million
- Majority and Minority Leaders: Sh765,000 from 1.020 million
- MCAs: Sh144,000 from Sh165,000
- County Executives: Sh259, 875 from 350,000