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Treasury gives Sh810m for 6-month Posta staff salaries

The General Post Office in Nairobi as pictured on August 22, 2020.

Photo credit: Dennis Onsongo | Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • The decision came after the workers petitioned Parliament following the state corporation’s failure to pay them since March, when the Covid-19 pandemic was reported in the country.
  • The bailout from the Treasury comes as the two ministries insist the corporation cannot continue to operate as a loss-making venture and that it must be restructured.

The National Treasury has approved Sh810 million for payment of the six-month salary arrears of employees of the Postal Corporation of Kenya (PCK). 

The decision came after the workers petitioned Parliament following the state corporation’s failure to pay them since March, when the Covid-19 pandemic was reported in the country.