The government through the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) has come out to explain why Cabinet Assistant Secretaries (CAS) should earn more than the striking doctors.
Speaking on Citizen TV on Tuesday, SRC Chairperson Lyn Mengich has revealed that person’s education qualification or technical experience may not be the ultimate determiner of how high or low their monthly salary is.
According to the Remuneration boss, there are many factors of consideration to place individuals in different pay categories, including input factors, processes and the impact of the job.
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Responding to a question by the viewer who was wondering why CAS will be paid more as compared to striking doctors despite doctors having more qualifications and in a field with high risks.
“When we advise on salaries, there are many factors we look at and not just education. Education is one of the factors we look at. When we evaluate a job, we categorise the factors that we consider as input factors, processes and impact.”
This response has not sat well with kenyans who claimed that the chair was saying in other words that education is unrewarding in this country, arguing that intellectuals should be valued more than political appointments.
The chair said that despite education and experience coming first in job enrolment, will not fully determine your paycheck. According to her, the task done and the impact factors which show the significance of the role either internationally or nationally, majorly determine how much an employee takes home.
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“Input factors are where education and experience come in because that is what you bring into the job. The process is the actual work that you do; what we call the process factors including complexity of the job, decision making, problem-solving.”