A photo of the entrance at the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC).
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Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) is one of the government parastatals affected by the cash crunch that has occasioned salary delays.
In a letter dated April 5, Chief Executive Officer, Samuel Maina, asked staff to exercise patience as the media house rushed to solve the crisis.
Maina implored the staff to consider putting financial contingency measures to cushion them and their families.
"Management regrets to inform you that we are unable to pay the March 2023 salaries before Easter Holidays due to unavoidable circumstances," Maina stated.
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"Management apologises for the inconvenience caused," Samuel Maina added.
He assured his staff that he was already in touch with the national government to ensure necessary disbursements were made to remunerate employees.
"We are working round the clock putting in considerable efforts to ensure that the salaries are paid as soon as possible," Main assured.
In the future, the CEO stated that he would work on secondary plans to provide financial reliance even when government disbursements are delayed.
Reports of the government being broke surfaced on Friday, April 7, with the Leader of Minority in the National Assembly, Opiyo Wandayi, claiming that the government had failed to pay the salaries of Members of Parliament.
"For the first time in our history, even MPs have not been paid as we head towards mid-month.
"Only members of the security services - police and military - have been paid as we speak and the reason must be obvious to all," Wandayi claimed.
"Only members of the security services - police and military - have been paid as we speak and the reason must be obvious to all," Wandayi claimed.
Treasury Cabinet Secretary, Njunguna Ndung'u, on February 8, had addressed the concerns, too, while meeting Members of Parliament.
Even though CS Njuguna acknowledged that the country was facing financial constraints that hampered some of the government's programmes, he expressed confidence in meeting essential responsibilities, including paying of salaries.
Ugunja MP Opiyo Wandayi (left) and politician Jeremiah Kioni Friday, February 10, 2023
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"If you are living in this country, you must know the challenges we have with our resources. It is something we have to resolve. We have a resource constraint. There is no money, and we have to help ourselves.
"When we get the money, all will be possible. We have come far, and that scarcity will end. We can not say that it will be addressed today or tomorrow, but we will solve that problem," he stated.
President William Ruto and his deputy, Rigathi Gachagua, had earlier claimed they inherited a broke country, accusing the previous regime of wasting funds on subsidies they alleged benefited a few individuals.'
Lowering the cost of living is one of the demands fronted by the opposition in the bipartisan talks with the government. Former Prime Minister, Raila Odinga, vowed to recall demonstrations if the government failed to act. Raila had called off the protests after President Ruto invited him for dialogue.
