HC Deb 09 March 1955 vol 538 cc43-4W
50. Mr. Hale

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what steps have now been taken in Kenya to implement the recommendation of the All-Racial Committee on Wages which reported in February, 1954; and what are the prevailing statutory minimum wages in Government service, agriculture and industry, respectively.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

The steps taken are set out in Kenya Sessional Paper No. 21 of 1954, copies of which are in the Library of the House. The following table sets out the basic minimum wages and the minimum housing allowances payable to all employed persons, including those employed by the Kenya Government in the urban areas of the Colony in which a statutory minimum wage is in force:

SCHEDULE
Area Basic Minimum Wages Minimum Housing Allowances
Monthly contracts per month Ticket contracts per completed ticket Monthly and ticket contracts per month
Sh. cts. Sh. cts. Sh. cts.
Eldoret Municipality 67 50 78 50 9 00
Kisumu Municipality 65 00 76 00 9 00
Kitale Municipality 65 00 76 00 8 00
Mombasa Island 68 50 80 00 12 00
Nairobi Municipality 71 50 83 50 13 00
Nakuru Muncipality 68 00 79 50 10 00
Nanyuki Municipality 67 00 78 00 11 00
Nyeri Municipality 66 00 77 00 11 00
Thika Municipality 66 00 77 00 11 00

There is at present no statutory minimum wage for agricultural workers.