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No pay hike as Ruto directs 2024 minimum wage be implemented

President William Ruto (2nd left) interacts with COTU Secretary General Francis Atwoli during the 60th Labour Day Celebrations at Uhuru Gardens, Nairobi on May 1, 2025. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

No pay increase was offered in this year’s Labour Day celebrations as President William Ruto directed the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection to ensure the six per cent salary increment pronounced last year is implemented.

The President also directed Labour Cabinet Secretary Alfred Mutua to facilitate employees on contract to join unions, citing it as a constitutional right as the Central Organisation of Trade Unions (Cotu) claimed workers are being exploited by employers.

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