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City Hall on the spot for new job adverts amid high staff wage bill

Governor Mike Sonko
Nairobi Governor Mike Mbuvi Sonko

At least 400 workers have voluntarily left Nairobi county government in the past five months as City Hall struggles to reduce its wage bill.

According to data relayed by County Secretary Pauline Kahiga, the county had 12,496 workers by July, 2018. This number reduced to 12,034 by January this year.

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