Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) was moved from the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to the Public Service Commission (PSC). This decision was informed by TSC tough recruitment requirements. 

TSC doesn’t recognize qualifications of trainers who undergo career progression in TVET. A tutor who holds a higher national diploma and scored a mean grade of C minus cannot be hired by TSC. 

Here are the salaries and allowances: 

1. VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL TRAINER JOB GROUP “K”

Terms of Service: Permanent and Pensionable

Salary Scale: Ksh.35,400.00 – 46,230.00pm 

House Allowance: as per prevailing civil servant rates 

Commuter Allowance: Ksh.6,000pm 

Annual Leave Allowance: Ksh.5,000p.a 

Leave Entitlement: 30 working days p.a

2. ASSISTANT VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL TRAINER JOB GROUP “J”. 

Terms of Service: Permanent and Pensionable

Salary Scale: Ksh.29,190.00 – 34,440.00pm 

House Allowance: as per prevailing civil servant rates 

Commuter Allowance: Ksh.4,000pm 

Annual Leave Allowance: Ksh.4,000p.a 

Leave Entitlement: 30 working days p.a 

Duties and Responsibilities Duties and responsibilities include: – 

Undertaking training in areas of specialization in accordance with the syllabus

Preparing teaching/learning materials and schemes of work

Setting and marking examination/assignment

Carrying out research work under the guidance and supervision of a senior trainer, and supervising trainers’ projects and practical work

Requirements of appointment in job group K:

(i) A Bachelor’s degree in any of the related fields being advertised or any other relevant and equivalent qualification from a university recognized in Kenya; 

(ii) Been registered by the Relevant Professional Body

Requirements of appointment in job group J

1. Diploma in technical education from a recognized institution

1. Be a member of Relevant Professional Body

iii. Proficiency in computer application skills Next

During the graduation of the 48 elite officers drawn from the Administration Police Service (AP), former Interior Secretary Fred Matiangi exuded confidence on the commandos capability to handle “…intricate security operations that require specialized approaches.” Here is what it takes to be a SWAT team member.

Selection Criteria (Administration Police)

Applicants must be citizens of Kenya

You must possess the Kenyan National ID card

Must be fluent in the Use of English language or Kiswahili language

Must have a minimum D+ in English language or Kiswahili language in your Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination

Persons applying with the KCSE result are expected to be aged 18 – 28 while those applying with a diploma or other degree are expected not to be above 30 years

Applicants must pass the physical and mental examination

Applicants must have a clean record

Not be pregnant during application and training period

Applicants must be of good and decent conduct

Joining SWAT team Requirements

Served as AP officers

15 months ongoing training

Standardized Training involves:

Perform 12 pull-ups

Complete 60 sit-ups in 2 minutes

Perform 50 push-ups

Run 2 miles in under 14:59

Climb 8 flights of stairs, wearing a 50-lb vest and carrying a 35-lb ram, in 60 seconds

A potential recruit to the elite squad should be able to:

Think quick

Give and take orders

Be a good communicator

Have a strong sense of teamwork

Mental toughens

A good marksman

Training

The Kenyan female SWAT team undergoes Israeli Krav Maga (a military self-defence and fighting system)
This is a fighting system that was been developed for and effectively used by the Israeli security forces. It involves a combination of Judo, boxing, wrestling, aikido and karate to respond to real-world situations.

Also trained to multiple weapons handling techniques as well as management of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs).

Salary

To be updated

Salary of Somali Police Forces (SPF)
Being a police officer in Somalia is not an enviable vocation. The possibility of an al shabaab element strapped with bombs blowing himself to further their cause is a daily reality. The 6,800 Somalis who make the police force need all the encouragement to hold their fragile country together. To motivate the SPF, the European Union (EU) topped up their salary by $300 per month.
Part of the statement on the increment read by EU Head of Delegation and Ambassador to Somalia Veronique Lorenzo :

“salary top-up payments to the Somali Police have been a major engagement from the European Union since 2014 in order to ensure that police officers are adequately compensated for providing increased security, law and order. Regular payments are critical to ensure loyalty, commitment, morale, performance and retention of skilled police officers and the EU recognizes the improvement by the Somali government in ensuring that salaries to the security forces are paid on time”.

This increment means that the officers are well paid than their Ugandan counterparts. The Somali army has, however, been downed their tools after going for months without pay.

Col. Abdi Mohamed Ahmed told Reuter’s:

“The military soldiers here have not taken salaries for four months. We are now on (the) way to Mogadishu,” Ahmed said.

“It is painful to be in the frontline and fighting al Shabaab while your wife and kids are starving.” Next

Here are the lyrics to the chorus:
Sipigani nawe lakini nakupigania Afande,
I am not fighting with you I am fighting for you
Afande sipigani nawe nakupigania
Sipigani nawe lakini nakupigania
Afande napigania maisha yako Kwa sababu unapata mshahara kidogo
Unafanya na bidii unaishi kama maskini
Hata ukialika ni mamaingi ya pole Why?
Even if you do these things under instructions,
You’re a human being

The song sums up the poor pay police take home every month.
Here is a breakdown of Uganda Police Officer And Prison Warders

Salary For Year 2018/19
Entry level for a police constable and prison warder/wardress is UGX366,933 which has since gone up to UGX 466,933 ($124 at current exchange rates) per month translating to UGX5,603,194 ($1496.22) per year.

Those in Scale U7 earn:
UGX470,235
UGX473,235
UGX476,930
UGX480,322
UGX483,744
UGX487,199
UGX490,683
UGX494,200
UGX497,748

U6 (Lower)
UGX532,402
UGX531,616
UGX523,432
UGX516,251
UGX508,797
UGX501,493

U6 (Upper)
UGX573,331-Per Year 6,879,970
UGX565,146-Per Year 6,781,746
UGX556,959-Per Year 6,683,506
UGX548,774-Per Year 6,585,282
UGX540,587-Per Year 6,487,043
The lowest entry level officer makes a paltry $1496.22 per annum while the highest pockets UGX6,487,043 ($1732.24) per year.
Also Read: Salary Of Police Officers In Kenya

For starters, KQ was founded on 22 January 1977 after the collapse of the East African Community and subsequent winding up of operations of the East African Airways (EAA).

The airline fortunes have been on a downward spiral quickly losing luster as the ‘Pride of Africa’. KQ has been dogged by pilots strikes and suffered heavy losses over the years.

According to KQ website, the airlines has a total of 32 aircrafts. KQ carries over three million passengers annually in the 51 destinations it flies. 43 of these destinations are in Africa.

Shareholders

KQ was wholly owned by the Kenyan Government until April 1995 when it was privatized. The company is now a public private partnership. With the shareholders as indicated below (Source Wikipedia):

Government of Kenya-48.9 %

KQ Lenders Company 2017 Ltd-38.1%

KLM-7.8%

Private Owners-5.2%

Changes at the apex of KQ was informed by the need to resuscitate the company to profitable. Sebastian Mikosz was brought in as Kenya Airways Group’s managing director and chief executive officer (CEO). Sebastian was to later on be replaced by Allan Kilavuka.

Former Safaricom CEO Michael Joseph was appointed as the airline’s chairman in 2016.

Allowances and salaries of Kenya Airways pilots

KQ pilots have downed their tools on several occasions to demand for better enumeration. The carrier has a total of 414 pilots and 38 planes that are operational.

According to a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) entered between Kenya Airline Pilots Association (Kalpa) and the Government that was to take effect in 2018, pilots maternity cover was to be upped to kes200,000 from kes40,000.

Inpatient cover was to go upwards of Ksh4 million from Ksh2.7 million. Outpatient cover was pegged at Ksh200,000 per family from the previous Ksh40,000 for not more than six individuals.

Pilots account to 45 percent of the carrier’s wage bill.

Salary of KQ Pilots

Captains-Captains earn an average monthly salary of Ksh1.6 million

Gross Salary for pilots flying Boeing-Ksh483,350

Pilots flying Embraer-Ksh407,916

House allowance for captains-Ksh36,000

First Officers-Ksh30,814

Pilots flying outside Kenya-Ksh20,000

South Africa is among the few countries in the continent that pay registered nurses fairly well. The working conditions are not as strenuous as, say, Kenya. According to a Kenya Workforce report, Kenyan nurses work overtime at least three times more than their counterparts in South Africa. While this is the sad reality, a nurse in South Africa gets way much more in enumeration than a Kenyan nurse. (Read Also: Salary And Allowances Of A Kenyan Nurse). We take a look at salaries in different groups of nurses registered by the South African Nursing Council (SANC) .

Basic Salary
According to salaryexplorer.com, entry level nurses take home just over R12,000 per month (US$850), translating to R144,000 annually. This amount includes transport, house allowance and other benefits. Experience also determines how much a nurse is paid.

The chart below shows how much the nurses are paid vis-à-vis their experience.

Pay In Government Compared To The Private Sector
Nurses employed by the government are paid more compared to their counterparts in the private sector. According to figures shared by salaryexplorer, nurses in the payroll of the government receive 14,539 ZAR while those in the private sector take home 11,387 ZAR.

Nurses Pay In Different Specializations

Level of Education

A nurse who holds a certificate or diploma in nursing receives 12,100 ZAR
Bachelors Degree-15,250 ZAR
Masters Degree-16,750 ZAR

Requisite Qualifications of a nurse in South Africa
If you are interested to join this noble profession you will be required to do any of the following:

• a four-year bachelor degree in nursing
• a three-year diploma
• a one-year higher certificate in auxiliary nursing
• one-year postgraduate advanced diploma in nursing and midwifery on top of your degree or diploma.

You will be required to register with the SANC after you have successfully completed one of the above courses.

Demotion
Before the Presidential Strategic Communication Unit (PSCU) was restructured, Itumbi was the Digital Director Innovations & Diaspora Communication State House. The Deputy Chief of Staff Nzioka Waita was keen on streamlining the President’s unstructured communication that had made a habit of issuing statements-mostly conflicting-without approval. The first casualty was Dennis Itumbi. He was reportedly kicked out of State House and his changed bio was proof enough of a man whose career was sinking. His twitter bio has since changed to: Kenyan Journalist, Digital Strategist and Blogger. Currently Secretary Digital. Innovations&Diaspora Comms.

Apparently, CS Matiang’i through PSC, demanded that State House sack @OleItumbi and crew.

PSC wrote back saying that they have abolished the positions.

Still, there isn’t a letter communicating the individuals that they have been sacked. So technically, they haven’t. pic.twitter.com/ceslFqYugJ

— Original RAO (@RobertAlai) March 19, 2020

Working from Harambee Annex Office
According to a story appearing on Business Today, Dennis Itumbi is now working from Deputy President William Ruto’s Harambee House Annex office. With his propagandist credentials, Itumbi is seen as a valuable player in DP’s Ruto grand plans of being the next President of Kenya come 2022. His downfall was accelerated when Uhuru and his erstwhile political nemesis decided to bury the hatchet and work together in building a united Kenya. Ruto, who has been receiving bad publicity, will find the services of Dennis Itumbi useful ahead of the next presidential election. A recent poll by IPSOS ranked the DP as the most corrupt leader in Kenya.

Dennis Itumbi salary
While his salary still remains the same, it’s the trapping of power the 39 year old will miss most. However, all is not lost for the man who was a darling of TV political shows where he defended-if not vigorously-his boss and the Jubilee Party. His salary is estimated at kes320,000 and he will get much more working for the DP.

Chief of Defence Forces (CDF)-Sh894,897
Lieutenant Generals-Sh632,984
Brigadiers-Sh171,509
Colonels-Sh153,317
Lt-Colonels-Sh130,735
Majors-Sh102,106
Captains-Sh73,82
Corporal-Sh32,250
Lance Corporals-Sh26,509
Privates-Sh19,941



Allowances
New recruit-Sh7,172
Cadet-Sh11,852
Office Cadet who has served for three years-Sh24,420

Soldiers Fighting Alshabab in Somalia
While this is risky, the returns are way attractive than fighting Al shabab in Kenya. Kenyan troops allowances went up after they were integrated into the African Mission in Somalia (Amisom). The 4,000 plus troops monthly allowance from Amisom is US$ 1,028 or an equivalent of Sh100,000 on top of their monthly salaries. Apart from the attractive allowance, the soldiers are entitled to a comprehensive medical cover.

Fighting Alshabab within the borders of Kenya
Neutralizing Alshabab fighters in Kenya is not as lucrative as hunting them down in their Somalia hideouts. According to a story carried on Nation, Soldiers allowances are not anything to wrie home about. While soldiers squaring it with Alshabab fighters in Somalia are paid by Amisom; those fighting them in Kenya are paid by the taxpayer. Daily hardship allowance for bachelors actively engaging Al Shabab in Kenya is sh20. That translates to sh600. If you are married you get double the amount which translates to Sh800.

Betty Kyalo
The seasoned Friday briefing news anchor has been a delight to watch over the years and it comes as a surprise that she will be joining the lowly Media Max LTD TV station. Given her pedigree, Betty Kyalo would have been just a perfect fit for either NTV or Citizen TV but she was enticed by a fat cheque at the TV station now associated with Deputy President William Ruto.

Salary at KTN
Multiple blogs have put Betty Kyalo’s salary at Kes650,000. This is more than what most Kenyans make annually. Our source, however, disputed this figure saying her salary at KTN is not above sh350,000. In a bid to retain her, Standard Group gave her an irresistible counter offer to shelve her plans of ditching the station.



Salary offered at K24
K24 ratings continue to plummet and the only way to resuscitate the station from its deathbed was to bring in a big name. The station is doing so poorly that Inooro TV, a vernacular TV station whose viewership is more segmented, has more viewers. Media Max has offered Betty Kyalo upwards of kes300,000 to have her in the station. Journalists in the station are paid between kes55,000 and the highest just above kes200,000.

Gor Mahia players
Gor Mahia football team has a legion of fans who have kept it afloat even on its most trying financial times. The club continues to win trophies after trophies and with such results it’s only expected that players are well enumerated.

Here are some of the best paid players in club:

Meddie Kahere-before ditching the club for Tanzania outfit Simba FC, the Rwandese import earned close to kes200,000, according to goal.com making him the then highest footballer in KPL.

Francis Kahata-His impressive run has made Kahata one of the most dependable player in Gor and the National team Harambee Stars. His salary is estimated at kes 130,000.



Jacques Tuyisenge-Another Rwandese import whose form has been prolific. His salary is above the kes100,000 per month.
Other players in the ranks of Gor earn between kes50,000 to kes100,000 per month.

Allowances: kes10,000 winning bonus for each player.

AFC Leopards
Is the second most popular and successful club in Kenya after Gor Mahia. Salaries of players range from kes40,000 with the highest pocketing kes100,000.

Tusker FC
Tusker FC is among the financially stable football teams in the KPL. Lowest paid player takes home kes40,000 with the highest earning close to kes70,000.

Allowances-Kes10,000 winning allowance and kes5,000 for a draw.

Sofapaka
The club was facing financial doldrums until Betika stepped in. A three year kes50 million deal was inked between the Sofapaka and the betting firm and all seems to be rosy. Players are paid an average of kes40,000 to kes60,000.
Allowances: Kes5,000 for a win.

Mathare United
One of the most promising football club in Kenya is Mathare United. How it is not winning trophies is a story for another day. Players in this club earn between kes40,000 with the highest taking just over kes60,000.
Allowances: Mathare players earn the highest allowances in KPL. Winning at home attracts an allowance of kes11,000.
Away matches-kes13,000, scoring or providing an assist kes4,500

An extra Sh1,500 is paid for goals scored within the first or last five minutes of the game. Best player in a match is paid kes7,500 while the captain is paid kes7,500 per match.

Other clubs salary range for the other clubs in the KPL is kes40,000.