Civil Servants In The Following Ministries Are Yet To Receive Salaries

Civil servants in six ministries are yet to receive their salaries even as the cash crisis in the country continues. This has seen employees go into their second month without receiving salaries as their last payment was made at the end of February.

While civil servants continue to wait for their dues, the government has remained adamant that it will not borrow for recurrent expenditure and it will depend on revenue collected.

The Ministry of Education is the most affected with the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) yet to pay teachers. TSC needs 8 shillings billion from the government to pay March salaries.

On the other hand, the Ministry of Health is short of 2.5 billion shillings to pay healthcare workers across all counties. Some health workers have already downed their tools due to salary delays. The Ministry of Energy is requesting 306 shillings million from the Treasury to settle workers’ dues in March 2023.

The Ministry of Public Service is yet to receive 845 million shillings to remunerate its personnel in the National Youth Service, NYS. The government must pay 213 million shillings to the State Department of Regional Development in the North Corridor to resolve salary arrears.

The Treasury itself needs 1.7 billion shillings to pay salaries owed to Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) employees. County governments are also yet to receive any government funding in 2023.

This comes amid reports that the government is not broke. The Ministry of Health on the other hand is short of 2.5 billion shillings to be to pay healthcare workers.

Counties where medics have dawned their tools include; Kisumu, Mombasa, Nyamira, Kisii, Murang’a, Nyeri, Laikipia, Bomet, Nyamira, Embu, Vihiga, and Taita Taveta.

The Ministry of Energy is asking for 306 million shillings from the Treasury to settle March 2023, dues for their workers. National Youth Service under the Ministry of Public Service is yet to receive 845 million shillings to remunerate its personnel.

At the State Department of Regional Development at the North Corridor, the government needs to disburse Ksh213 million to clear salary arrears. Treasury itself needs 1.7 billion shillings to clear salary arrears for Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) employees.

County governments too are yet to receive any capitation from the government in 2023. Speaking in Mombasa on Wednesday, April 19, Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua revealed that counties will start receiving disbursement for the month of January 2023.

However, revenue increased from 84.2 billion shillings to 260.9 billion shillings in March, more than enough to cover the increasing debt repayment and civil servants’ salaries.

“It’s true we have had slight disbursement challenges. We have decided that we are not going to borrow money to pay salaries because it is not prudent and unsustainable. We are going to rely on our revenues. Soon the counties will receive their allocations,” the DP assured counties.

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