Two workers’ unions representing national and county government employees in Kenya have issued notices to down tools over late payment of salaries.
The Kenyan government admitted that it is facing a cash crisis that has delayed the payment of salaries for thousands of civil servants.
Those who are most affected by the cash crisis include staff of ministries, and federal agencies, Finance Minister Njuguna Ndung’u confirmed.
Ndung’u said the government was facing financial constraints triggered by poor revenues and limited access to credit.
Presidential economic adviser David Ndii said the delayed salaries were not a crisis and referred to it as “operational liquidity crunch”.
Ndii said in a television interview, that the government was expecting $500m from a syndicated loan and civil servants’ salaries would be cleared before the end of April.