Kenya’s President William Rut has emerged (CAS) on Thursday, which has the most enlarged administrative officer in the recent history of the country.
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“With this letter, the committee will be asked to declare 23 vacancies in the government office. After that, the recruitment process will be started priority,” said Joseph Kinyua, the public service manager at the time. , In the letter addressed to PSC on October 11, 2022, I mentioned.
Fifty CAS, which President Lut wants to be a liaison between ministries and councils and counties, has a salary of 460 million ksh ($ 3.5 million) per year for Kenya taxpayers. It will be 2.3 billion KSH ($ 177 million).
Kenya’s opposition leader Laila Odinga called CAS’s position as wasteful money for public money. Photo | Evans Habil | NMG
monthly salary
PSC classifies CAS into CSG3 equivalent to Job Group V, giving a monthly salary of 765,188 kSH ($ 5,890).
CAS, like the chief secretary, has a mortgage of 35 million KSH ($ 2.7 million) and a car grant of 10 million KSH ($ 77,000) (8 million ksh for PS), both tax payment. It costs 2250 million ksh ($ 17.3 million). Her one -time payment for 5 years. Taxpayers will also provide her CAS with her KSH 10 million and her KSH 30 million ($ 23,000) hospitalization and outpatient medical insurance.
In total, taxpayers in five years, KSH 5,856 million ($ 45 million) for salaries, KSH $ 415 million ($ 34 million) for mortgages, KSH120 million ($ 8.7 million) for automobile loans, KSH1. You will pay 815. His $ 1 billion ($ 14 million) for CS, PS, and CAS.
Mortgages and car loans can be repaid within 5 years, but the burden of taxpayers who pay nearly 3 billion KSH ($ 23 million) during the budget reduction and austerity means means to shrink in other economies. There is likely to be.
Kenya’s Vice President Rigati Gachagua said that it was important to support CAS and support CS and PS. DPCS
Highest vehicle
CAS also has the right to own two highest vehicles, one driver, an unspecified number of guards guarding the Nairobi and local homes, one personal secretary, and two secretaries.
The government may acquire additional office space for ministries that cannot accommodate another high -ranking official, which means that taxpayers will be excessive. Former President Ufuru Kenyatta’s administration had some CASs away from ministries due to limited space.
Gender rules
President Luto missed two -thirds of the CAS list, and only 14 posts for women in 50 posts.
Ruto has 22 CS and 51 PS, including Secretary -General Musalia Mudavadi. Kenyatta had his 29 CAS and 44 PS. The constitution limit the number of ministries to 22, but the CAS status created by Kenyatta has not restricted the president.
For President Ruto, the number of CAS has increased from 29 to 50 in Ufuru, and rewards the supporters, the loser of the public opinion poll in August 2022, the backyard of the opposition leader Lira Odinga, and the big election campaign. It became possible.
The conspiracy of the CAS appointed was the final selection, and six out of the 16 added after the first list was nominated.
Apart from the politicians who lost in public opinion polls, the head of the state has also rewarded individuals who played an important role in his campaign behind the scenes.
Vice President Rigathi Gachagua said last week that it was important to support CS and PS with ministries and agencies, defending the role of CAS.
Mr. Odinga calls the CAS status as a waste of public funds last week, and resources used to expand executives not only increase funding to higher education institutions, but also address the high living expenses. He claimed that it should be put in to do.
“It’s not time to create an office or position for Kenya Kwanza’s political refusal, but instead, Kenya Kwanza turns the resources to make all the lives of all citizens live. I have to be forced to be forced. “
