Treasury Explains Plans for Salary Deductions Under NIF Levy
There have been concerns that, following the Bill's assent establishing NIF, the government would be keen to introduce deductions...
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The Kenyan government has clarified that civil servants' salaries will not be subject to deductions to finance the newly established National Infrastructure Fund (NIF). This fund aims to raise significant capital for infrastructure development without burdening public employees.
- The NIF is designed to mobilize over Ksh5 trillion over the next 10 years.
- Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi addressed concerns about salary deductions.
- The fund will be financed through the divestiture of government shares in state-owned enterprises, such as the Kenya Pipeline Company.
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