Allowances scraped by SRC.
On Monday, the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) declared that it will soon suspend some benefits offered to state officers. For government workers in various roles within Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs), this decision will have significant ramifications. There will be no longer be any payments made for taxable automobile allowances, ministerial allowances, or plenary sitting allowances.
This modification will also have an impact on other perks, such as retreat allowance, institutional internal committee sitting allowance, and taskforce allowance for institutional internal committees. These six allowances, according to an SRC representative, are no longer being paid.
As a result of the SRC’s intention to end the allowance for MPs and MCAs to attend plenary sessions, Parliament threatened to abolish the SRC in August 2022.
MPs claimed that because they are paid for a minimum of four sittings per week, this would have a substantial impact on their income.
Allowances scraped by SRC
According to an SRC circular dated August 2023, public employees engaging in specific tasks are eligible for the retreat allowance. State personnel who work on policy documents outside of their regular offices are the only ones eligible for this honorarium.
Additionally, SRC argued that giving Institutional Internal Committee Members a Sitting Allowance on top of their base pay amounted to double remuneration because these committees are created to carry out the institution’s mission.
President William Ruto suggested in June 2023 that the SRC look into ways to lower high-ranking state officers’ pay in an effort to rein in the nation’s increasing wage costs.
Allowances scraped by SRC.
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