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County salaries to cost State Sh68b

Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua, Governors’ Council Chairman Isaac Ruto, Meru Governor Peter Munya and Wajir Governor Ahmed Abdullahi after meeting with editors at a Nairobi hotel, Thursday. [PHOTO: TABITHA OTWORI/STANDARD]

By MACHARIA KAMAU

Kenya will spend a whopping Sh68.8 billion in paying salaries to staff working in the 47 counties this year. This accounts for 15 per cent of the total public sector wage bill, which stands at Sh458 billion for the 2013/14 financial year.

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