President Uhuru Kenyatta (left) chats with his deputy William Ruto
during a visit at Harambee House Annex, Nairobi. PHOTO | DPPS
Kenya's Treasury has budgeted for a 3.9 per cent pay rise for
President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto, after it was
cut in 2017.
Documents show that the combined annual
pay—basic salary and allowances—of Mr Kenyatta and Dr Ruto will rise
from the current Ksh36.6 million ($362,000) to Ksh38 million ($375,884).
The
two top public executives saw their pay, together with other top
officials’, cut ahead of the general elections on August 8 to curb the
ballooning wage bill.
The cut saw the president’s
salary drop to Ksh1.44 million ($14,244) a month from Ksh1.65 million
($16,321), while his deputy took home Ksh1.23 ($12,166) million from
Ksh1.4 million ($13,848).
At 3.9 percent, the
presidency pay rise is unlikely to match the average inflation for this
year, targeted at above five percent, up from 4.3 percent a year
earlier.
Austerity plan
The planned pay rise comes as the Treasury implements an
austerity plan to free up cash for development and essential services
such as security, health and education.
The government
has been grappling with missed tax collection, triggering a cash crunch
that recently forced Treasury to review its budget.
Treasury
documents show the pair will enjoy a combined allowances package of
Ksh15.2 million ($150,000) in the year starting July.
Their
combined pay for the new fiscal year will be Ksh22.8 million
($225,500), putting their combine package at Ksh38 million ($375,000).
At
Ksh38 million, Mr Kenyatta’s and Dr Ruto’s combined pay is still 25.7
percent less their joint salary of Ksh51.2 million ($506,455) for the
year to June 2017 when State officers pay cut was announced.
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