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DP and deputy governor offices waste of money

“During recession greed dies, (and) frugality survives”, says Amit Kalantri in his book Wealth of Words. These are words that Kenyans should internalise now that we are in the middle of a devastating pandemic.

Kenya's public wage bill is at nearly 49 per cent of the national revenue. This is far above the Public Finance Management Bill’s recommendation of 35 per cent. Covid-19 gives us a good opportunity to reconfigure the wage bill.

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