Salaries of Ruto’s new CAS increased in the latest review
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Salaries of CAS increased to Sh780,000 in the latest review by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC)
Salaries of CAS increased to Sh780,000 in the latest review by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC).
The new chief administrative secretaries (CASs) will be earning more than principal secretaries after the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) raised their monthly pay to Sh780,000.
Following a job appraisal that placed the position in a higher job grade, a CAS’s monthly compensation will increase from Sh765,188, according to a new SRC advisory to the Public Service Commission (PSC).
“SRC has determined the monetary worth of the job of CAS at grade F1 and would like to advise on the attendant remuneration and benefits structure,” said the SRC chairperson Lyn Mengich in a March 14, 2023 letter to her PSC counterpart, Anthony Muchiri.
The current and previous administrations have been seen to use the position to reward loyalists and election losers.
The CAS’s take-home under the new pay structure will increase when you factor in commuter allowance, which will be paid at the ‘official’ government rates.
The SRC advisory will now see the CASs, who were earning the same as principal secretaries under the Uhuru Kenyatta administration, overtake the pay of the ministries’ accounting officers by Sh14,812.
The SRC said the CAS position will now fall in grade F1, marking a departure from the PSC grading that had classified them under CSG 3 or an equivalent of Job Group V.
The new pay structure means that the 50 CASs will be costing taxpayers Sh468 million annually for salaries alone.
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A CAS’s salary is made up of Sh459,113 basic pay, Sh165,000 house allowance, and Sh155,887.
Principal secretaries were earning Sh874,500 per month five years ago when the SRC cut their pay to Sh765,188 in a review that also affected all officers in the national and county governments.
A CAS will be provided with an official car with an engine capacity not exceeding 3,000cc and medical cover that includes Sh10 million inpatient and Sh300,000 outpatient.
This is in addition to a car loan of up to Sh8 million, a mortgage of up to Sh35 million, Sh20,000 monthly airtime, and Sh50,000 annual leave allowance, all being the same as the entitlements of principal secretaries.
The CAS will upon exit be paid a service gratuity at the rate of 31 percent of the annual pensionable pay for the term served.
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