Workers Threaten to Down Tools Over Ruto’s Salary Directive

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The union is now calling on the Ministry of Labour to ensure that only security companies complying with the mandatory wage directive are awarded contracts to provide security services in government offices and public institutions.

Speaking in Nairobi, the union's Secretary General accused several private security firms of ignoring the government directive on the minimum wage while continuing to benefit from public tenders.

He urged the Labour Ministry to put in place strict enforcement mechanisms to ensure employers comply with the wage regulations gazetted by the government.

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"I want to ask the CS for Labour that as you have gazetted the minimum wages and general wages in various sectors of the Republic of Kenya, you must put into place mechanisms to make sure the directive by the President is respected and obeyed," he said.

The union further claimed that some firms licensed to operate in the sector have continued to underpay workers while failing to meet other statutory obligations .

It warned that it would mobilise its members to remove non-compliant security firms from government and public institutions if authorities fail to enforce the minimum wage directive.

"We are going to visit those assignments and make sure we chase them out of those assignments," the union warned, while accusing regulators of allowing firms that disregard labour laws to continue operating.

The renewed push comes more than a year after the Employment and Labour Relations Court dismissed a petition challenging the Ksh30,000 minimum wage for security guards, effectively allowing the directive to remain in force.

In February 2025, the court struck out the petition after finding that the case had been abandoned by the petitioner, with Justice Mathews Nduma ruling that the matter lacked merit and had been overtaken by events.

📰 Source: Kenyans.co.ke

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