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Salaries and Remuneration Commission Pay Review 2026: The Fourth Cycle, the New Civil Service Increase and the Wage Bill Dilemma
The fourth four-year remuneration and benefits review cycle of the Salaries and Remuneration Commission is now in implementation, with a Sh2 billion increase in civil service basic pay and leave allowance approved for 2025/26. The Commission has also rejected Sh3.7 billion of additional pay demands as part of a wider strategy to slow the Sh1.1 trillion public wage bill.
May 24, 2026
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Kenya's Finance Bill 2026 and the Gen Z Legacy: Why the Sequel Tax Push Has Reawakened the Civic Movement of 2024
The 2024 Gen Z protests forced Kenya's government to withdraw an entire Finance Bill and dissolve the Cabinet. Two years on, the Finance Bill 2026 has tabled many of the same measures in different clothing. This article maps the new bill against the 2024 demands, the civic response and the constitutional process to budget enactment.
May 24, 2026
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