The Kenya County Government Workers Union (KCGWU) has threatened to sue the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) for excluding workers from the defunct local authorities in the latest salary review that saw the salaries for the civil servants increased by 7 to 10 percent. In a statement, the Secretary for KCGWU in Nairobi Calvince Okello said the commission has discriminated against the county employees from the 47 counties by failing to include them in the latest advisory. Mr Okello also said the commission has continuously ignored the efforts by the county workers to renew the salaries of the county employees for the past ten years although it reviews salaries of other public servants after every four years. If they do not take our views into consideration and consider the county workers, we will then proceed to court,” he added. SRC chairperson Lyn Mengich had last week announced a salary review for all the civil servants who are expected to receive a 7-10 percent salary increase over a two-year period.

Source: Daily Nation August 15, 2023 17:30 UTC