SRC official new salaries & allowance for civil service backdated July 2025

SALARIES AND REMUNERATION COMMISSION

Ref. No. SRC/TS/24/1 VOL.II (32)

19TH DECEMBER, 2025

Dr. Jane Kere Imbunya
Principal Secretary
State Department of Public Service and Human Capital Development
P.o. Box 30050 – 00100
Harambee House
NAIROBI

Dear,

REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS FOR THE CIVIL SERVANTS IN THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT FOR THE FOURTH REMUNERATION REVIEW CYCLE 2025/2026 – 2028/2029 – PHASE I

Reference is made to your letter Ref. No. MPS&HCD.12 dated 2nd September 2025 on the guidelines for negotiations on the 4th remuneration and benefits review cycle 2025 – 2029 and Ref. No. MPSP&DM/9/1 dated 11th December 2025 on the above subject.

The Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) in its 691st meeting held on 19th December, 2025 deliberated and approved review of Leave Allowance and Basic Salary for the Civil Service in the national government for Phase I of the 4th remuneration and benefits review cycle.

The approved Basic Salary structure and Leave Allowance should be implemented with effect from 1st July 2025 at a cost of Ksh 2,065,701,510 for the Financial Year 2025/2026.

The approve Basic Salary and Leave Allowance is provided in the Table.

Table: Approved Salary Structure and Leave Allowance for Civil Service in national government

Implementation Notes

1. House Allowance clusters are as follows: Cluster 1: Nairobi City Cluster 2: Mombasa, Kisumu and Nakuru cities, Nyeri, Thika, Kisii, Malindi and Kitale municipalities Cluster 3: All other areas

2. Entertainment, Extraneous and Domestic Service allowance have been consolidated into Salary Market Adjustment (SMA), which is a salary modification that takes into account market positioning, and constitutional and statutory principles on review of remuneration and benefits.

3. The salary structure for unionizable staff to be implemented through the Collective Bargaining Negotiations process.

4. The remuneration structure advised herein shall be implemented with effect from 1st July, 2025for Phase I of the fourth remuneration and benefits review cycle.