{"id":141011,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/141011/?format=json","text_counter":123,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Maj. Sugow","speaker_title":"The Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Public Service","speaker":{"id":142,"legal_name":"Aden Ahmed Sugow","slug":"aden-sugow"},"content":" Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The Kenya Revenue Authority pays a consolidated package of Kshs1, 500,000 to the Director-General. The package has been negotiated. The Director-General of KACC’s total earnings are as follows: Basic salary, Kshs1, 500,000; allowances, Kshs1 million and the total is Kshs2.5 million. (b)The Government has taken the following steps to harmonize remuneration in the public service:- (i) Setting up of a permanent Public Service Remuneration Review Board. (ii) The development of a Pay-Policy for the Public Service, 2006. (iii)Adoption of the banding system. (iv) Development and adoption of a harmonization instrument which is a prototype salary structure reflecting the respective bands so that staff performing comparable jobs across the Public Service are paid comparable remuneration. (v) Development of a policy paper providing for a framework for salary reviews in the Public Service. (vi) The State Corporations Advisory Committee has also issued remuneration guidelines on terms and conditions of service for State corporations."}