The government has splashed a Sh1.5 billion salary increment for civil servants, ending a looming strike that would have paralysed service delivery.

Calming the strike threat, the government offered a salary raise of a minimum of Sh1,300 for lower job groups to about Sh5,000 for higher job groups and also rolled out improved house allowances of a maximum of up to Sh80,000.

Cabinet Secretary for Public Service Justin Muturi on Tuesday said the National Treasury allocated funds to finance the implementation of the second phase of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).