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Rotich’s headache as civil servants, tutors seek higher pay

Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich. [File, Standard]

The clamour for higher pay by civil servants, teachers and nurses is threatening to scuttle National Treasury’s financial plans as it stares at an extra Sh18 billion spending.

A dismal performance in revenue mobilisation and a surge in the proportion of first-charge expenditure like payment of debts and pension have left Treasury in a delicate position to dole out even an extra cent to the disgruntled State workers.

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