Cabinet Secretaries who served in President Uhuru Kenyatta’s government from 2013 to 2022 will walk away with up to Sh20.8 million each in gratuity.
According to Business Daily, the ex-ministers who have served since mid-May 2013, include Raychelle Omamo, James Macharia, Amina Mohamed, Fred Matiang’i, Najib Balala, and Adan Mohamed. They are set to pocket Sh20.8 million each in gratuity.
This means a Cabinet Secretary who served from 2013 and earned a graduated salary of between Sh792,000 to Sh1,056,00 took home Sh10.3 million in gratuity payment at the end of 2017.
In the second term where the Cabinet Secretaries earned Sh924,000 monthly, the individual will take home Sh10.5 million.
This brings the total amount that a Cabinet Secretary who served consecutively for the two terms to Sh20.8 million.
Those who took office in December 2015 following a shuffle such as Joe Mucheru will get a farewell package of nearly Sh15 million.
The Cabinet Secretaries who served only in Mr. Kenyatta’s second term, and earned a monthly salary of Sh924,000, will each receive Sh10.47 million in gratuity.
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Principal Secretaries will also earn near similar amounts to the cabinet secretaries for those who have served since 2013 when Uhuru Kenyatta came to office.
This golden parachute to ministers and PSs will also walk away with a gratuity equivalent to 31 percent of annual basic pay for every year served.
“A State officer serving on fixed term shall serve on contract and be paid a service gratuity at the end of the term at the rate of 31 percent of annual basic pay for every year served,” the SRC said in a gazette notice.
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