Mutua backs Serem for slashing State officers pay

Mutua backs Serem for slashing State officers pay

Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua has backed the move by the Sarah Serem-led Salaries and Remuneration Commission to reduce the pay for State officers.

Dr Mutua said State officers must be selfless and must not be driven to serve in order to earn outrageous salaries and allowances.

“That’s why I support Serem in slashing the salaries of the country’s top earners including politicians,” said Governor Mutua.

The Maendeleo Chap Chap party leader was speaking at Kyeleni, Kituluni, Kayatta, Ndonyo Sabuk and Kwa Mwaura towns in Matungulu sub-County, Machakos during his re-election campaigns.

The Machakos County boss said he was personally ready to take a further pay cut.

“We cannot afford to have a country of a few millionaire’s and millions of poor people,” said Mutua.

Governor Mutua is the second leader after President Uhuru Kenyatta to publicly commend the Serem-led commission for reviewing salaries of top government honchos downward to tame the ballooning wage bill.

Addressing the press at State House, Nairobi on Tuesday morning, President Kenyatta heaped praise on the SRC, saying the salary framework released heralded better days for Kenya.

President Kenyatta promised to channel funds saved through the pay cuts to initiate infrastructure projects.

ELECTION JITTERS

Speaking on recent talk about the postponement of the August 8th election, Machakos Governor Mutua said Kenyans are ready for the polls.

Mutua urged Machakos voters to give him a second term and warned his main rival Wavinya Ndeti, the Wiper Party candidate, to brace for a bruising battle.

He termed Ndeti a project of forces out to derail his political career.

“She quit her party to join Wiper in a bid to fight me. She has no agenda for the people of Machakos,” warned Mutua.

He enumerated key pillars of his manifesto which will improve the lives of the people, pointing out that women, youth and men will benefit from his development agenda.

Mutua said he will run for the Presidency come 2022 when he will likely face-off with a host of other candidates who have expressed interest in running for the State House job including Deputy President William Ruto, Meru Governor Peter Munya among many others.

He said older politicians fighting him had nothing to show  for the years they have been in positions of power.

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