Public officials' perks to be halved in new plan to lift Naivasha town

Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi (second left) with board members of various state corporations during an induction workshop in Naivasha on 12, 2023. [File, Standard]

The World Bank wants the government to slash allowances for civil servants conferencing in Naivasha, which would deal a blow to the town, whose thriving hospitality industry is heavily reliant on the public sector for revenues. 

On the flip side, however, the global lender has made a pitch for the town and proposed the reinvestment of the funds that the government would save through reducing allowances to improve infrastructure in the town.