The Salaries and Remuneration Commission has scrapped Retreat Allowances, Sitting Allowances for Institutional Internal Committees and Taskforce Allowances for Institutional Internal Committees.

The commission says the payment of the allowances and the basic salary amounts to double compensation.

Further, it 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 streamlining 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.

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

According to the SRC's most recent evaluation, teachers received most of the Kes 21.7 billion that the National Treasury granted SRC for FY 2023/24.

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.

The review by SRC will also see state officers get a salary increment of 7-10%, which will be backdated to July 1.

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

SRC chairperson Lyn Mengich said the commission honoured the President’s request that his (Ruto) and Rigathi’s salaries remain unchanged.