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Gen Z push forces SRC to freeze pay hikes for all civil servants

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Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) Chairperson Lyn Mengich. [File, Standard]

The Salaries and Remuneration Commission has frozen salary hikes for all government employees following anti-government protests that forced President William Ruto to withdraw the Finance Bill 2024 and institute austerity measures.

This comes weeks after SRC did away with recommendations to increase the salaries of state officers, which include Cabinet Secretaries, MPs, governors, MCAs and other holders of offices listed under Article 260 of the Constitution.

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