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Wage bill lie: The policies and doublespeak stoking crisis
SRC chairperson Lyn Mengich and Public Service CS Moses Kuria during announcement of a national wage bill conference at Nairobi Safari Club on April 12, 2024.
Photo credit: Photo | Francis Nderitu | Nation Media Group
A presidential task force in 2014 recommended at least 75 State corporations be abolished. Instead, 87 new parastatals have been created, exposing successive governments to doublespeak, which continues to worsen the runaway wage bill.
The arbitrary creation of State agencies contributes to a bloated workforce, payments to ghost workers and fat perks for civil servants, sum up the wastage of taxpayers’ money that deepens the crisis.
