Pay for presidency staff up four times to Sh8.6bn

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Controller of Budget Margaret Nyakango. FILE PHOTO | NMG

The Office of President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto spent Sh8.64 billion or four times more on staff salaries and allowances in the year to June, hurting efforts to free more public funds for development projects.

Data by the Controller of Budget office shows that the pay for staff working in the country’s two most powerful political offices grew 282 percent from Sh2.26 billion a year earlier.

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