Why cutting wage bill is a hot political decision

Lyn Mengich, SRC chairperson addressing delegates at a hotel in Mombasa County yesterday during institute of human resource management conference. [Mkamburi Mwawasi, Standard].

Debate on ballooning public wage and corruption dominated a conference attended by more than 10,000 human resource practitioners in Mombasa, yesterday.

Participants were divided on whether the national and county governments should take a drastic action to trim the workforce. Others termed it a populist political debate.