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Don’t touch our allowances, civil servants warn pay team

Union of Kenya Civil Servants Secretary General (SG) Tom Odege addresses a press conference in Nairobi. [David Njaaga/Standard]

Civil servants have threatened court action should the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) abolish their allowances.

The Union of Kenya Civil Servants (UKCS) opposed plans by SRC to scrap or merge most of the 149 allowances to address a ballooning public wage bill that stands at more than Sh700 billion yearly.

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