Kenyan Taxpayers have been awarded a rare opportunity to voice their sentiments on what the topmost public servants are to earn in their tenure in office.
This follows a release of the new proposed salaries structure by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission yesterday. Different groups are expected to table their views in the week-long process which seeks to achieve a wage bill that is actionable subject to the prevailing economic circumstances in the country.
Of specific interest though, is the expectation earlier mused by the commission that all Civil Servants salaries would appraised to ensure that salaries are pegged on the value their work adds to taxpayers. In view of the salary structure tabled, the commission doesn't still quench the need that is bridging the fierce gap that continues to exist between civil servants.
It is quite implausible that a small percentage of the population gets a lions-share of the wage bill while the rest divide the remainder and still say we are in a spirit of nation building and fairness. The impact of these officers work in relation to economic growth vis-a-vis that of junior employees is quite little. The implication is that these junior civil servants require the much-needed motivation to be able to dispense their services appropriately. On the contrary, they are burdened with meager salaries and threatened with reductions and intimidating performance contracts.
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