County Executive Committee Member Allowances

A County Executive Committee Member (CECM) is an important official within the county government structure in Kenya. They are essentially equivalent to ministers at the county level, responsible for specific departments such as health, education, agriculture, finance, etc.

CECMs are appointed by the Governor of the county and are tasked with implementing policies, managing resources, and overseeing the delivery of services within their respective departments. They play a critical role in ensuring that the county government’s goals and objectives are achieved.

The salary of a CECM in Kenya in the financial year 2023/2024 and 2024/2025 is a gross monthly salary of KES 413,079, which consists of a basic salary of KES 247,847, additional allowances in the form of a house allowance of KES 80,000 and an official commuter allowance, and a salary market adjustment of KES 85,232.

The County Executive Committee Member is also entitled to additional benefits as follows–

• Official Car – an official car with an engine capacity not exceeding 2000 cc. Where an official car is not available the Member shall be paid a commuter allowance of KES 24,000 per month in the interim period;
• Medical Benefit – an annual medical cover for the County Executive Committee Member, their (one) spouse, and up to four children below twenty-five years who are fully dependent on the County Executive Committee Member, as follows–
  • Inpatient: KES 3 million;
  • Outpatient: KES 200,000;
  • Maternity: KES 100,000;
  • Dental: KES 50,000;
  • Optical: KES 50,000.
• Retirement Benefit – two options for retirement benefits, pension or gratuity, as follows–
  • a service gratuity equal to 31% of the annual pensionable income for the period of service; or
  • where a pension scheme is established for the County Executive Committee Member, SRC shall review and set the rate of contribution by the employer to the scheme and any other financial retirement benefits.
    Note: For a comparable period, a County Executive Committee Member shall not receive both pension and gratuity payments from the same public body.
    For purposes of gratuity and pension, the pensionable emolument shall be based on the monthly basic salary as set by SRC.
• Group Life Insurance – a County Executive Committee Member shall be covered for a value equivalent to three times the annual pensionable emoluments.
• Group Personal Accident – a County Executive Committee Member shall be covered for a value equivalent to three times the annual pensionable emoluments and other benefits as eligible under Group Personal Accident cover.
• Car Loan and Mortgage Benefit – a County Executive Committee Member shall receive a car loan of up to KES 4 million and a mortgage of up to KES 20 million.
  • the applicable interest rate shall be 3 per cent per annum for the duration of the loan.
  • the duration of the scheme shall be a maximum of twenty (20) years for Mortgage schemes and five (5) years for Car Loan.
  • the County Treasury shall administer and manage the Car Loan and Mortgage schemes centrally within existing applicable regulations to govern the schemes, and subject to the availability of funds.
• Daily Subsistence Allowance for local and foreign travels – paid to the County Executive Committee Member per the rates reviewed and set by SRC occasionally.
• Airtime – paid at the rate of up to KES 10,000.
• Security – provided as advised by the Inspector-General of Police and shall not be commuted to cash.
• Annual Leave Allowance – paid at KES 35,000 per annum. Leave days shall not serve as a substitute for cash.

Any remuneration and benefits not mentioned here are not payable unless set later by SRC.