NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said on Sunday his government would hike the country's minimum wage by 12% immediately to help workers cope with a surge in consumer prices, driven in part by the war in Ukraine.

"There is a compelling case to review the minimum wage so as to cushion our workers against further erosion of their purchasing power," a statement issued by the president's office quoted him as saying at Labour Day celebrations in the capital Nairobi.

The hike, he said, was necessary because the minimum wage had not been reviewed in three years and the cost of living has increased.

Kenya's current minimum wage is 13,500 Kenyan shillings ($116.68) per month.

As in in other countries across the region, Kenyans are grappling with a surge in prices of commodities, including cooking oil and fuel, aggravated by supply concerns following Russia's invasion of Ukraine that began on Feb. 2

Inflation in the east African country rose to 6.47% year-on-year last month from 5.56% in March, the statistics office said.

Last month the country suffered shortages of fuel, with traffic in some parts of Nairobi coming to a standstill as motorists joined long queues outside petrol stations.

($1 = 115.7000 Kenyan shillings)

(Reporting by Humphrey Malalo; Writing by Elias Biryabarema; editing by Barbara Lewis)

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2022-05-01/kenyan-president-hikes-countrys-minimum-wage-by-12

That's about 50k Nigeria Naira. That means if you are a worker in Nigeria your mates are earning almost terms two of your salary in Kenya.

Nigeria govt left the group.

Certainly not under Buhari government. I left my banking job to pursue a career in the federal civil service because every may 1st is usually a day where civil servants receives good news like this. Buhari came and called his own consequencial adjustment without any corresponding increment in workers salary. One thing I know is that God may decide to show mercy on Buhari because he knows he has nothing to offer and he can't give what he doesn't have but certainly, God will never forgive all those that brought Buhari to power. They are the real enemies of the country.