The County Government Workers Union has threatened industrial action if governors fail to review and promote former local authority employees in line with the SRC circular on salary reviews.
The Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) circular outlines revised remuneration and benefits for public officers in the county government executive.
The directive follows presidential intervention and deliberations by a Multi-Agency Technical Committee on the harmonisation of terms and conditions of service for county employees.
“Failure to implement these directives and settle the arrears as agreed will leave the union with no option but to pursue industrial action to protect the rights of our members,” the union’s Secretary-General, Roba Duba, warned.
Duba issued the warning in a letter dated February 13, addressed to all county secretaries and chairpersons of County Public Service Boards.
He urged counties to immediately implement the salary reviews for all county employees, honour the effective date of July 1, 2024, and calculate and pay all pending arrears arising from the review.
The committee, comprising representatives from the Council of Governors (CoG), SRC, the Public Service Commission, the National Treasury, and the union, reached what the union described as a “landmark consensus” on the welfare of county government workers.
The committee also resolved that all former local authority employees currently serving in the common cadre be promoted without delay.
The promotions, the union said, must strictly adhere to the respective schemes of service governing the officers.
At the centre of the agreement is the implementation of SRC Circular Ref. No. SRC/TS/29 Vol. II (29), dated September 12, 2024, issued under the Third Remuneration Review Cycle.
