The Salaries and Remuneration Commission(SRC) has announced a 7 per cent to 10 per cent increase for civil servants.

Speaking during a press conference on Wednesday, SRC chairperson Lyn Mengich stated that the salary increases will be backdated to July 1.

However, President William Ruto and his deputy Rigathi Gachagua will not receive a salary increment.

According to Mengich, the commission honoured the President’s request that his (Ruto) and Rigathi’s salaries remain unchanged.

Further, in the latest review, the commission has scrapped Retreat Allowances, Sitting Allowances for Institutional Internal Committees and Taskforce Allowances for Institutional Internal Committees.

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According to the commission, payment of the allowances and the basic salary amounts to double compensation.

The commission has also reviewed the Daily Subsistence Allowance, where allowances for local travels have been standardized for respective grades of public servants.

“The DSA for Foreign Travel remains unchanged, save for correction of a few countries,” SRC said.

Phase two of the streamlining of state allowances and public officers has included the evaluations to assure affordability, the budgetary sustainability of the wage bill, and the commission's goals of achieving openness, accountability, equity, and fairness in compensation.

The commission eliminated the Ministerial Allowance, Taxable Car Allowance, and Plenary Sitting Allowances during the first phase of the review process.

Teachers received the majority of the Ksh. 21.7 billion that the National Treasury granted to SRC for FY 2023/24, according to the SRC's most recent evaluation.

The security industry received 20.9% of the budget, County Governments received 18.8%, and the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) received 44.2%.

Another 8.5% of the wage bill has gone to the civil service, 4.3% to state officers and 3.4% to other public officers.