Create sanity in public service then carry out job evaluation

On June 5, 2015, President Uhuru Kenyatta launched Remuneration and Benefits Policy and job evaluation exercise. The overall goal of the exercise is to “determine effective management of remuneration in this country”.

The Government wants the teaching fraternity to allow the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) to independently complete the job evaluation to inform remuneration in public service. However, unless the structural challenges related to employees’ engagement in public service are addressed, the exercise will not lead to any meaningful results.