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Good times ahead for civil servants as Treasury gives Sh100b for pay rise

Kenya's Finance Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich at the 2nd German-African Business Summit (GABS) at the Intercontinental hotel,Nairobi. Photo/ELVIS OGINA (NAIROBI) FEBRUARY 9TH,2017

Close to 600,000 civil servants will from July 1 receive a pay raise after the Cabinet approved a Sh100 billion budgetary increase.

A Cabinet meeting chaired by President Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday approved the allocation to cater for public sector allowances and salaries harmonisation. The Cabinet also approved funds for the recruitment of 10,000 police officers and 5,000 teachers.

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