Decode a Kenyan payslip line by line: gross pay, PAYE, the social security contribution, the social health insurance contribution, the affordable housing levy, reliefs and other deductions, with a recalculation and the one-third rule check. Use when asked explain my payslip, why is my net salary so low, how is PAYE calculated in Kenya, check my NSSF and SHIF deductions, or nisaidie kuelewa payslip yangu. Produces a line-by-line explanation, a recalculation with working from rates the user confirms, discrepancies to raise with payroll, and what to keep for the annual return. Not tax advice.
🗣 Say this to your agent
“Explain my payslip. Gross is 120,000 and I take home 82,000.”“Why did my NSSF deduction go up again in February?”“Is the housing levy calculated on basic or gross?”“Nisaidie kuelewa hizi deductions kwa payslip yangu.”“Run this skill in your browser: https://mohitagw15856.github.io/pm-claude-skills/skill/ke-payslip-decoder.html”
What to give it
▸The payslip — earnings and deductions with amounts
▸Pay period — month and year
▸Basic pay, allowances and benefits in kind
▸Pension scheme membership and whether the employer has — contracted out of part of the social security contribution
▸Mortgage interest, insurance premiums or post-retirement medical fund — contributions claimed
▸Voluntary deductions — loans, savings cooperative, union, welfare
▸Whether the employee is a resident for tax
✅ The bar it holds itself to
Every skill in this library self-verifies — these are this skill's own quality checks, straight from its definition.
✓The pay period is identified and its rates confirmed or marked unconfirmed
✓Each statutory deduction shows its base and working
✓The tax treatment of health and housing deductions matches the period
✓The one-third rule is checked
✓Discrepancies are framed as questions
⚠️ What it refuses to do
**Do not use the old health fund bands** for current payslips.
**Do not quote earnings limits from a previous year.**
**Do not invent PAYE bands or relief amounts.**
**Do not treat loan repayments as tax-reducing.**
**Do not ignore a breach of the one-third rule.**
Install
npx pm-claude-skills add --agent claude # or codex · cursor · gemini · hermes
# or one-line MCP (every skill, any client):
claude mcp add pm-skills -- npx -y -p pm-claude-skills pm-claude-skills-mcp
Related skills
🔌 Embed this skill
Drop this on your blog, docs, or site — it renders a "Run this skill" card:
<div data-pm-skill="ke-payslip-decoder"></div>
<script src="https://mohitagw15856.github.io/pm-claude-skills/embed.js" async></script>
💬 Discussion