The account, dubbed Transformative Fund, was opened in 2014 to hold deductions from salaries of top public earners in efforts to cut the ballooning public wage bill.
In March 2014, Mr Kenyatta and Mr Ruto pledged to take a 20 per cent pay cut and asked other top officials to follow suit.
The account holding pay cuts for President Uhuru Kenyatta, Deputy President William Ruto and top public servants has Sh64.9 million over a period of three years, with its usage not yet determined.
The collected cash signals that some top public officials have defied the calls to trim their fat pay based on the number of expected contributors.
The account, dubbed Transformative Fund, was opened in 2014 to hold deductions from salaries of top public earners in efforts to cut the ballooning public wage bill and free up cash for development projects.
This came after President Kenyatta ordered the pay cuts three years ago.
“Voluntary pay cut account stands at Sh64,936,166 as at March 24, 2017,” Treasury secretary Henry Rotich told the Business Daily.
“The usage of funds is yet to be determined.”
In March 2014, Mr Kenyatta and Mr Ruto pledged to take a 20 per cent pay cut and asked other top officials to follow suit.
