The Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) is planning to change how civil servants’ salaries are negotiated as part of the strategies to address the persistent workers’ strikes.

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SRC Chairperson Sammy Chepkwony said the proposed changes will particularly target Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs), which he identified as one of the gaps contributing to strikes in the public sector.

Chepkwony made the remarks on Thursday, August 27, during the 2026 Katiba Day Symposium in Nairobi while responding to concerns over persistent strikes linked to remuneration and other employment issues.

“I want to clarify that all levels and arms of government have been cooperative with SRC during my time in implementing the policy advisories that SRC has been issuing,” Chepkwony said.

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He noted that the r emaining challenges were largely linked to policy and legislative gaps around remuneration, especially around collective bargaining.

According to him, SRC is now speeding up efforts to address the gaps following resolutions reached during the National Productivity and Performance Conference held in June this year.

He explained that the current approach to negotiating CBAs does not sufficiently consider productivity or the government’s available fiscal space when determining remuneration for public officers.

“For example, the way we negotiate CBAs right now does not take into account the element of productivity. It assumes that the government has always got money to pay all the money to pay people, but sometimes the fiscal space is tight,” he said.

Chepkwony said the proposed reforms would seek to align salary negotiations with productivity and the government's ability to sustainably finance public sector wages.

The National Productivity and Performance Conference, held from June 17 to 19, focused on productivity and efficient service delivery, with wage determination based on productivity featuring among its key areas of discussion.

📰 Source: Kenyans.co.ke