Salaries and Renumeration Commission Chairperson Lyn Mengich. Photo/Courtesy.
The Salaries and Renumeration Commission has proposed higher salaries for state expected to become effective July 2023.
The Salaries for President William Ruto, his Deputy Rigathi Gachagua, Attorney General Justin Muturi, Cabinet Secretaries and Secretary to the Cabinet will become effective from July when the 2023/2024 financial year will begin.
However, proposed salaries for some Government Officials will have to go through public Participation before becoming effective.
However, the Salaries and Renumeration Commission has been faulted over the salaries being paid to the Chief Justice, Speaker Of The National Assembly and the Speaker of the Senate.
Currently, The Chief Justice earns 990,000, should the proposals become effective, Chief Justice will earn 1,327,000 from next month. For the Speakers of the two houses, their current salary is 1,160,000, should the proposals go through then the two speakers will earn 1,210,000. This means that the salary paid to the Chief Justice will now exceed that one being paid to the speakers of the two houses.
Screen grab of Report by People Daily dated 30, June 2023. Photo/Courtesy.
This has been faulted by Political analyst Brian Weke. Speaking at a local media house, the analyst wondered why would the Chief Justice earn higher salary than the head of Legislature which is an arm of government just the same way the Judiciary is.
He noted that the two arms of government are the same and perform equal duties hence their heads should earn the same salaries.
“Why should the head of the Legislature earn less than the head of the Judiciary, according to SRC proposals? Does it mean that Judiciary is higher than the Legislature when it comes to checks and balances?” Brian Weke Wondered.
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