Multi-state organisations stationed in Kenya - like United Nations, World Bank, foreign missions and African Union bodies - paid workers an average of Sh249,396 per month compared to Sh240,258 monthly in 2015. On average, a person employed by international agency earned at least Sh104,163 more every month than a colleague in the best paying public sector job and Sh109,603 more than top private sector earner. Apart from disparity in basic pay, workers of international agencies tend to enjoy a wide range of benefits not available to colleagues working for national institutions. While the huge gap is partly because national employers have exploited weak labour laws and outwitted trade unions to keep annual pay flat, the international agencies apply standardised job grades with clear growth path. “The average annual earnings in the private sector increased by 5.7 per cent compared to 6.3 per cent in the public sector in the review period,” the survey reported.

Source: Daily Nation April 23, 2017 18:00 UTC