Austerity, not lay-offs way to cut wage bill

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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Last Friday, the High Court in Kenya delivered a directive to the Salaries and Remuneration Commission, ordering it to reduce the public wage bill.

As it currently stands, the 1.05 million public servants are collectively paid Sh1.24 trillion out of the Sh3.06 trillion that is collected as Kenya’s ordinary revenue every year.

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