President Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto are set to earn higher salaries and allowances beginning in June this year.
Quoting National Treasury documents, Business Daily reports that the two leaders are set to get a pay rise of 3.9 percent.
The increase will see their combined annual basic salary and allowance budget grow to Sh38 million from the current Sh36.6 million.
The Sh38 million consists of an allowance package amounting to Sh15.2 million while salaries add up to Sh22.8 million.
The pay rise comes two years after Kenyatta, Ruto and other top government officials took a pay cut of 3.9 percent in a bid to curb the bloated wage bill.
This reduced Kenyatta’s monthly pay from Sh1.65 million to Sh1.44 million while Ruto’s dropped to Sh1.23 million from Sh1.4 million.
Kenyans have taken to social media to express their anger over the move, which comes at a period when the country is experiencing hard economic times.
Mutimba W’Ashene says:” They need to first pay doctors what they owe them.”
Sam Gichuki comments:” Do they need more, in all the luxurious environ they live, I wonder!!!!”
Faith Kamau notes:”My country kenya, is it to increase or decrease, this is hell. Remember wanjiku is crying seeing millions of money being looted and she has no food or shelter .Ngai uka tafadhali.”
Tiger Trillz asserts: “Welcome to Kenya whereby the mwananchi salary cannot be increased but for the leaders in power increase their salaries whenever they want to a government Kenyan voters have to live with every electioneering period.”
Tony Ruhiu writes:”I don’t know whether to laugh or cry! Do the two men really need the increase while government services to Kenyans have gone through the floor as cost of living has shot up through the roof?!!”
revolution is much needed…
revolution is much needed with all stolen wealth brought back to mwananchi
Blame it On them…
Blame it On them FOOLS???that RIGGED them 2??Rouges into Misleadership.
INDEED !! the French…
INDEED !! the French revolution was for less than what we are going thru. sudan has done it tunisia did it we need to do it but we are cowards !! kenyans we are cowards !!!!
The people who have been…
The people who have been fixing Governors with questionable expense::
All government documents go through the government printer and these people are the ones altering the documents.
1. MR. J. Ongwara
Officer
Tel +254 (020) 3317840 ext 1050
2. Geoffrey Runoh
Deputy Government printer
Tel +254 (020) 3317840 ext 1004
Email grunoh@kenya.go.ke
3. Eva Kimeiywo
Senior proof reading officer
Tel +254 (020) 3317840 ext 1005
Email evakimeiywo@gmail.com
Thought their pay rise came…
Thought their pay rise came via Kimwarer and Auror dams which was 21 Billion. Waititu also sends a few coins amounting to 973 million for “state house affairs”. And we wonder why money is carried in sacks to buy mbuzis za nyama choma and dishing money in churches while the other one is busy guarding and expanding family business. We are doomed.
Welcome to Kenya, a Third…
Welcome to Kenya, a Third World country, where the President and MPs are paid more the US President, and Members of Congress, in the World’s only Superpower. Apparently, the work done by Kenyans politcians is more valuable than that of their US counterparts. We just need to ignore the fact that America has almost 10 times the number of people as Kenya, and its Economy is more than 100 times bigger.
Niruhusiwe kusema hivi, na…
Niruhusiwe kusema hivi, na hivi sasa. Kenya awaye yote, ni yule yule. Awe Muislamu, Mkristo, Mbudha, Mkorino, Mdini Wa Msambwa, Kafir, mweupe sambalau au mweusi, popote alipo, lolote afanyalo, fikra ni ile ile, mawazo yale yale: mwizi na wa kutoamika. Sio sote wabaya. Walakini, kati ya Wakenya kumi, utapata nusu au mmoja ambaye ana nia nzuri, roho nzuri na chepechepe kiasi cha kuaminika. Wakenya hawawajari wenzao, wenzetu. Kila mtu achumbia tumbo lake. Anza na wazee wa kijiji, machifu, makashina wa kaunti, MCAs, Wawakilishi wa wanawake, wabunge manguruwe, magavana, Maseneta, mawaziri, mabarozi, naibu wa rais, na sasa, muamini msiamini, Rais Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta. Rais mwenye mdomo kaya, eti oooh nitalinda mali ya umma, oooh sitaweka sahihi ya nyongeza ya mishahara ya wabunge. Kisingizio! “Kila mtu anaiba, mara huku mara kule, kwani mimi sitaki kula?” Ni kasumba iliojaa Wakenya sampuri mbalimbali. Raila naye ni mkimya…kashiba. Kigeugeu Kalonzo Musyoka…tayari keshakuwa mtu wa mkono wa Uhuru. Haaaaaaya! Tuigawe nchi bila kufikiria juu ya vizazi vijavyo. Matokeo? Mmmmm..
I am so happy there salary…
I am so happy there salary is going up, Kenyatta and Ruto 3.9% was nothing hike it up to 80%. Why do we as kenyans keep electing such people and we know so well they have no vision apart from looting. We are so quick to complain and so quick to vote them in. The more people will suffer the sooner there logical thinking will change. Oppress watu kabisa My VP anf my president.
I hope come 2022 people will have learnt a lesson and increase taxes kabisa. We kenyans we are proven to learn through the hard way.
I see now.Their pay…
I see now.Their pay reduction was not genuine.It was intended to hoodwink the masses into thinking that these two rich big shots realize that they are making too much.If Iwere making what Uhuru or Ruto is making,iwould not mind a 45% pay cut.
Could someone arrange for that teacher who gives 80% of his salary to needy students,give a lecture to these two greedy top shots?
The greed shown by the boy…
The greed shown by the boy in statehouse is impossible to comprehend. 60yrs of looting is not enough? Show some leadership before your days are over. Bure kabisa.
Sasa ni MAANDAMANO ya yaaze…
Sasa ni MAANDAMANO ya yaaze kila miji Kenya …..pekee hii ndio suluhu ya wananchi kupigana na viogozi wa rushwa and matamanio wa kibinasfi.
Wakenya harakisheni tudai viogozi wapya kama vile Sudan na Algeria wanavyo fanya.
Hawa viongozi wawili (Ruto…
Hawa viongozi wawili (Ruto na Uhuru) ni wanafunzi wa mkristo Dr. Daniel Toroitich Kipkorios Arap Moi ambaye aliiba mabilioni ya pesa chungu nzima na hakuna jambo lolote lililompata kwa mfano, kushikwa na kupelekwa jela!
Wote wawili wanajua wazi ya kwamba watu wa Kenya kazi yao ni kupayukapayuka (make noises) ovyo kama mbayumbayu – aina ya ndege mmoja ambaye anaitwa “swallow” kwa lugha ya Kiingereza!
Waswahili walisema, ” Dua la kuku halimpati mwewe.”
@wambui i agree with yooo…
@wambui i agree with yooo.Wacha wakenya waendelee kusuffer until they get soo mad n come out to overthrow this idiots called politicians.Wacha tukufe bei za food ziendelee kuenda kupada juu mpaka tushike adhabu.Revolution must come
UHURU & RUTO are suffering…
UHURU & RUTO are suffering from low income they are not able to pay their bills. surely Kenyans you should understand and raise their salaries so that they can continue doing the great work for Kenya. MAKE KENYA GREAT BY REWARDING YOUR PRESIDENT AND HIS VISE SO THAT they can have money to donate to churches so that they can have more power to appoint unnecessary boards based on son and daughter of SO AND SO .