Inside Sh1bn wage bill dilemma as new pay for CSs, MPs, falls due

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Audience at Bomas of Kenya during the Third National Wage Bill Conference, 2024, attended by President William Ruto on April 17, 2024. 

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The Treasury faces pressure to raise at least an extra Sh1.07 billion annually to finance a new salary deal for Cabinet secretaries, governors, MPs, MCAs and other top State officers that falls due this month, computations show, amid financial strain.

 A new schedule of salaries and benefits for State officers fell due on July 1 in line with an August 9,2023 gazette notice by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC).

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