Improve remuneration and work environment for the Kenyan worker

As we mark Labour day, it is important to ask ourselves whether we have achieved economic development as a working nation and whether the Kenyan workers get adequate remuneration for their work.

It has become a tradition over the years that on May 1, as the world celebrates Labour Day, the president announces token increases in the minimum wages that employers often ignore. The Kenyan workers are unhappy, especially in an economic environment that severely limits their purchasing power. The last minimum wage was raised by 12 percent in 2015.