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Political leaders reject SRC salary increase to avert public outrage

Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) Chairperson Lyn Mengich. [Edward Kiplimo, Standard]

President William Ruto, his Cabinet Secretary for Public Service and Delivery Management Moses Kuria as well as Members of Parliament were yesterday competing to reject a new salary hike by Salary and Remuneration Commission(SRC).

The government and the opposition lawmakers as well as senior government functionaries went on overdrive to reject the salary increment complaining of being set up even as outraged members of the public blasted the government for being insensitive to the plight of the taxpayers

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