BY GBS REPORTER, Dennis Mugweru Munyi,24, August 2023
Police officers will get a pay raise this month following the conclusion of a job evaluation process by the National Police Service Commission (NPSC). According to the new salaries recommended by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC), lower police officers will take home an extra Sh1,000 in this month’s pay while their bosses will pocket as much as Sh11,000.
An entry-level constable on Friday will now expect this months salary Sh21,645, up from Sh20,390 last month, while their more experienced colleagues in the same rank will pocket Sh40,354 up from Sh38,975 last month. A superintendent of police will pocket an extra Sh5,549 as his salary rises from Sh98,380 last month to Sh103,929 this month
The move comes as a big relief to the officers who have never had an increment for the last two years. Out of Sh27.1 billion released by the Treasury for pay increment, police get Sh3.6 billion.
The new controversial salaries, which take immediate effect, were announced yesterday in a circular read out by National Police Service Commission (NPSC) chairman Eliud Kinuthia and handed over to Inspector-General of Police Japhet Koome.
NPSC chairperson Eliud Kinuthia yesterday said the review was arrived at following a consensus from a process undertaken jointly with the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC).
“We have participated fully with the SRC to ensure this is successful,” Kinuthia said.
The third remuneration review cycle affects both the uniformed officers and civilians within the service, and the process is in line with the review cycle of the civil servants’ pay as provided for by the Constitution.
