Cost of running national government declines by Sh8 billion in first quarter

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Chief of Staff and Head of the Public Service, Felix Koskei at a past event on October 11, 2023. PHOTO | BILLY OGADA | NMG

The cost of running the national government fell marginally in the first quarter of the current financial year ending June 2024 after the end of the electioneering period, the latest data shows.

The Ruto government spent Sh268.10 billion on administration, operations, and maintenance as well as salaries and wages in three months through September, a 2.90 percent drop compared with Sh276.11 billion in the same period in the year before.

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Note: The results are not exact but very close to the actual.