Looming public wage bill purge to hit counties, parastatals hard

Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) chair Lyn Mengich with Commissioner Dalmas Otieno (left) during a briefing. [David Gichuru, Standard]

Officials in State corporations and county governments will be worst hit if the government pushes through with a purge on public sector workers to cut the country’s wage bill.

The Salaries and Remunerations Commission (SRC) last week raised the red flag on Kenya’s wage bill, stating that the country needs to trim salaries and allowances paid to public servants by more than 13 per cent, which would translate to at least Sh182 billion.