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The soaring wage bill has raised concerns after the county government allocated nearly half of its Sh13 billion budget to salaries.
The county assembly is concerned the 2017-2018 budget the Kinuthia Mbugua administration unveiled had set aside Sh5.3 billion to salaries, Sh3 billion more or a 76 per cent increase.
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