Civil servants across the country will soon take home higher pay after the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) approved a revised salary structure and allowances. The changes fall under the Fourth Remuneration Review Cycle.
A circular dated Friday, July 17, confirmed that the new salary scales took effect from July 1 for the 2026/2027 financial year.
The commission said the increments will first reflect in the August payroll. Officers in the highest job grades will see the biggest jumps in basic pay.
Employees in Grade E4 will now earn between Ksh312,000 and Ksh576,000 monthly, excluding house allowances.
Grade E3 officers will take home up to Ksh400,000, with those based in Nairobi entitled to house allowances of up to Ksh100,000. Middle-level officers in Grades C1 to C5 will earn between Ksh38,000 and Ksh105,000.
The lowest-paid workers in Grade A3 will receive between Ksh20,600 and Ksh23,700, plus house allowances of up to Ksh3,000 depending on their duty station.
House allowances will be calculated using a three-cluster system, with Nairobi placed in Cluster One and therefore attracting the highest rates.
Cluster Two covers Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru, Eldoret, Nyeri, Thika, Kisii, Malindi and Kitale, while the rest of the country falls under Cluster Three.
For unionisable employees, the SRC said pay adjustments will roll out through negotiated Collective Bargaining Agreements, meaning timelines will differ by sector.
The commission also directed government agencies yet to migrate to the Human Resource Information System to do so, citing the need to curb payroll fraud and boost accountability.
The salary review follows a directive by President William Ruto to raise civil servants’ pay, with the National Treasury and the Ministry of Public Service tasked with rolling out the changes.
Public Service Cabinet Secretary Geoffrey Ruku had earlier indicated the review would extend beyond basic pay to cover key allowances, a position now confirmed by the SRC circular.