HC Deb 23 March 1933 vol 276 cc509-10W
Mr. HICKS

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the number of new posts to be created in East Africa as the result of the proposed introduction of Income Tax; the salaries of these new officials; and their remuneration in the services on which they have been hitherto employed?

Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTER

The following cadre has been tentatively arranged for the Income Tax Department in Kenya:

  • 1 Deputy Commissioner—£840 by £40 to £920.
  • 2 Assistant Commissioners—£360 for two years then £425 by £25 to £600 by £30 to £720.
  • 1 Indian Expert—No scale fixed pending correspondence with the Government of India.
  • 2 Grade A European Male Clerks—£240 by £18 to £300 by £18 to £390 by £18 to £480 by £20 to £500.
  • 4 Grade B or C European Male Clerks:
    • Grade B—£180 by £20 to £240 by £18 to £300 by £18 to £390.
    • Grade C—£180 by £20 to £240 by £18 to £300.
  • 2 Asiatic Clerks.
  • 2 Shorthand Typists, Females.

An acting appointment to the position of Deputy Commissioner has been made by the secondment of an officer whose substantive salary is £810 per annum, with an additional allowance of £30 per annum. One Assistant Commissioner has been temporarily appointed to the service with a consolidated salary at the rate of £360 per annum. Five of the posts of European Clerk have been provisionally filled by the secondment of officers from other departments at their existing rates of salary. No arrangements have yet been made for the creation of Income Tax Departments in Uganda and Tanganyika Territory, and the Kenya arrangements are, necessarily, of a provisional nature.