Members of the County Assemblies may
have to wait longer for higher salaries after the government froze all
pay rises for public servants.
The MCAs are on an
indefinite recess to pile pressure on the Salaries and Remuneration
Commission to increase their salaries and allowances.
The
commission has finalised a report on the salary issue following a job
evaluation which the MCAs reluctantly participated in but the salaries
body insisted was necessary to define their jobs and how much they
should be paid.
SRC chairman Sarah Serem confirmed on
Tuesday that the report was ready but will have to be shared with the
National Treasury and other interested parties before it is released.
Without
stating whether the report proposes an increase or not, Ms Serem said
it was important to determine which entity will pay the MCAs salary
before the report was released.
“Whether there will be
an enhancement of the salaries or not, we have to be sure who takes it
up. We are yet to engage the National Treasury on the matter for their
input so we will only release the results once we engage all parties
involved,” she said in a telephone interview.
Recently,
MCAs, struck a deal with the pay team that will see their salaries and
allowances rise to a total of Sh 240,000 and a car loan scheme.
But Devolution and Planning Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru said the government had frozen recruitment and salary reviews
.
.
A
senior officer at the Commission had earlier confirmed to the Nation
that the report was ready then the SRC boss said it will not be
released.
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