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Ridiculous pay demands putting a strain on budget

Kenya: County Assembly Members’ rejection of the Salaries and Remuneration Commission’s offer on pay and allowances and the ever-growing demands by Members of the National Assembly might turn out to be just what the country needs to change the Constitution to reduce the bloated public wage bill.

A bloated public wage bill means that the country spends the bulk of the money it raises from taxes on paying taxes with little left for development.

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