SRC recommends Ksh.780K salary, Ksh.165K house allowance for CASs

Chief Administrative Secretaries (CASs) are set to take home a gross salary of Ksh.780,000 if appointed by President William Ruto.

This is according to an advice by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) to the Public Service Commission (PSC).

According to the evaluation by the SRC, the salary of a CAS will be capped at Ksh.780, 000, slightly higher than the Ksh.710,000 an MP pockets every month.

The salary includes Ksh.459,113 in basic pay, Ksh.165,000 house allowance, and Ksh.155,887 in salary market adjustment.

In a letter by SRC Chair Lyn Mengich copied to Head of Public Service Felix Koskei, National Treasury Principal Secretary Chris Kiptoo, Public Service PS Amos Gathecha and Auditor General Nancy Gathungu, a CAS will also be entitled to an official transport that includes being provided with an official GK car of engine capacity not exceeding 3000cc.

“SRC has determined the monetary worth of the job of a CAS at Grade F1 and would like to advice on the attendant remuneration and benefits structure,” Ms. Mengich said in the letter dated March 14.

“The monthly remuneration advised herein is fixed for the term of office of the CAS unless reviewed and advised by SRC. For the purposes of gratuity and pension, the pensionable emolument shall be based on the monthly basic salary.”

The remuneration also includes an attractive annual medical cover that includes Ksh.10 million for inpatient, Ksh.300,000 for outpatient, maternity (Ksh.150,000), dental (Ksh.75,000), and optical (Ksh.75,000).

The medical benefit shall be extended to one spouse and up to four children below the age of 25 fully dependent on the CAS.

This comes after the National Assembly passed a bill legalizing the appointment of CASs last week amidst national dialogue on huge pending bills in the government.

Previously, the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee had capped the number of CASs to 22, but that was changed to allow the president a free hand in the number of CASs to be appointed.