County Employees to Get Paid Promptly as Summit Sets Strict Salary Deadlines
Treasury is now mandated to disburse all personnel emoluments to County Revenue Fund accounts by the third day of every month. - Kenya breaking news | Kenya news today | Capitalfm.co.ke..
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Kenya's National and County Governments Coordinating Summit has implemented a new resolution mandating prompt salary payments for county government employees, aiming to end chronic delays. This directive requires the National Treasury to disburse personnel emoluments by the third day of every month.
- The National Treasury must now disburse funds to County Revenue Fund (CRF) accounts by the third day of each month.
- The Controller of Budget (CoB) is directed to expedite approval of releases to county governments.
- County governments are required to pay statutory deductions, including Sacco contributions, taxes, and pension remittances, by the ninth day of every month.
- The move addresses previous delays that led to staff, particularly in the critical health sector, going unpaid for up to three months.
- The annual equitable share of national revenue to county governments is set at Sh415 billion for the 2025–26 financial year.
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The National and County Governments Coordinating Summit has implemented a new resolution mandating prompt salary payments for county employees to end chronic delays. Deputy President Kithure Kindiki mandated that the National Treasury must disburse all county personnel salaries by the third day of every month. County governments were also directed to settle all statutory deductions by the ninth day of each month. Following a separate directive from the same summit, the National Treasury has withdrawn the Public Finance Management (Amendment) Bill, 2025 from Parliament. The bill had aimed to reform rules governing county funding.
