Pay rise for public servants in the next three years will be determined by the Government’s affordability, and guided by the Organizational, Staffing and Personnel Emolument Audit Committee (OSPEAC).
The reform covers the years 2017 to 2019 for the public service under the Public Sector Reform, which is contained in Volume One of the 2017 National Budget, Economic and Development Policies.
The document claims that from 2010 to 2016, the average pay of public servants has increased by 55 percent and the average pay of the lowest paid has increased by 75 percent.
It further claims that “In 2010, the lowest paid public servants were earning K350 per fortnight and today, they are earning K600 per fortnight. Likewise, the entry salaries of Base Grade Police Constables have increased from K600 to K1,050; the entry salaries for Base Grade Teachers from K390 to K900 per fortnight; and entry salaries for Base Grade Nurses from K450 to K820 per fortnight”.
The government says all public servants have witnessed a significant boost in the real value of their earnings for the first time in 25 years.
They say the net real value of average earnings of 120,000 pubic servants has increased by an average of 20 percent since 2011.
OSPEAC was established this year to manage the growth of the pubic service and personal emolument ceilings, given blow outs in the agencies’ personnel emolument budgets.