Civil servants to get salary increase from August 1, says CS Ruku
Public Service Cabinet Secretary Geoffrey Ruku has announced that the planned salary increase for civil servants will be effected from August 1, 2026
Public Service Cabinet Secretary Geoffrey Ruku has announced that the planned salary increase for civil servants will be effected from August 1, 2026, offering a pay boost to thousands of public servants across the country.
Speaking in Londiani, Kericho County, CS Ruku said all civil servants will benefit from the salary review directed by President William Ruto.
He said the pay adjustment will cover not only basic salaries but also key allowances paid to government employees.
The CS further directed all government institutions to immediately migrate their payrolls to the Government Human Resource Information System, saying the move will help ensure the pay rise benefits legitimate public servants while eliminating ghost workers from the government payroll.
However, this plan precedes the actual timeline that was announced on June 23 during the Public Service Week celebrations at the Kenyatta International Convention Center (KICC), where the CS announced that the immediate salary hike will be in effect from this month.
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In the new timelines, CS announced that the increment will not just touch on basic salaries but will also extend to key allowances that civil servants currently receive.
This means workers can expect a broader financial boost, rather than a small adjustment limited to their base pay alone.
Ruku explained that the pay rise was actually announced back in January this year and had been backdated to July 2025.
“President William Ruto and his government are increasing the salaries of all public servants in July this year. It will be gross pay, housing allowance, and commuter allowance, which will be increased once more in July this year,” stated CS Ruhu.
Adding, “As we know, the pay increase was announced in January and was backdated to July 2025.”
This means that once the plan comes into effect, about 1,054,400 workers in the public service sector will be smiling all the way to the bank, including Teachers Service Commission (TSC) staff, county workers, and state corporation employees, and around 124,000 on permanent and pensionable terms, according to the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC).
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