Public Service Board > Human Resource Manual Policy (Draft) > PART III: TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE > SECTION C : SALARY AND ALLOWANCES > Daily Subsistence allowance (Local Travel)

C.16 (1) When an officer is travelling on duty and stay overnoght away from his dutm s atiin anl makes his own arrangements for accommodation, accommodation allowance shall be paid to him at the rates detertined bymthe Salaries and Remuneration Commissionnfrom time to time.

(2) Accommodation allowance will be paid for a maximum continuous period of thirty (30) days. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) of this provision, an officer who is required to be away from his duty station for more than thirty (30) days will be paid accommodation allowance for the subsequent additional days at half (½) rate up to a maximum period of five (5) months. Beyond this period, if the officer continues to work in the same station, this will be treated as a posting and accommodation allowance will cease to be applicable.

(3) On transfer from one station to another, an officer may claim accommodation allowance for self and spouse and up to a maximum of four (4) unmarried children under twenty five (25) years of age, who are living with and are in full time schooling and dependent on him should they be compelled to spend one or more nights on the journey. The rate of allowance for the spouse and children aged eighteen (18) years and above will be the same as that of the officer. The rate for the children below eighteen (18) years will be half that payable to the officer.