Kenyan Diplomats Yet To Receive Salary Six Months Now
The appearance Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Cabinet Secretary Dr. Alfred Mutua before the National Assembly on Defense Intelligence and Foreign Affairs has revealed the challenges faced by Kenyan diplomats.
The Chair of the committee Nelson Koech disclosed that the poor living conditions of many Kenyan Diplomats is as a result of not receiving payment for six months.
“Our attaches abroad have not been paid for the past six months. Some of them have been threatened with eviction. They are living in very deplorable conditions,” Koech told the committee when the CS appeared before them.
Anonymous diplomat also confirmed the claims revealing that they received their last payment during Former President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Regime.
“We were last paid by Uhuru’s government. Speaking for myself and colleagues, we were last paid in September,” said the ambassador.
However, CS Mutua commented by admitting that were delays in the payment and the ministry had cleared all the pending bills.
“There was an initial delay in payments but currently, all Kenyan diplomats have been paid. We do not have a single payment. If there is, please get me specifics and I will follow up to find out why,” Mutua said.
Mutua also said that his committed to making changes that will favor those working under him.
“Now that is what I am trying to change. I am saying, let all the monies be brought to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and let us pay,” he added.
The parliamentary committee chair also revealed plans to tour foreign missions that will assess the living state of many diplomats.
“We have seen his (ambassador) video clip circulating. He has gone into alcohol as a result. It is very important that we look into this,” Koech said
This comes after other public and civil servants expressed concerns over delayed salaries.
President William Ruto on Tuesday, April 11, addressed the ongoing delay of civil servants salaries during the launch of Performance Contracting Report at KICC assuring Kenyans that he is working on a solution to reduce debt burden.
“I assure Kenyans on the commitment I made that we are not going to borrow money and spend on recurrent expenditures, especially salaries. I know we have an issue of delayed salaries, and it is the first time we are having this crisis. But it is also our first time having such monumental debts,” Ruto stated
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