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President William Ruto is going against the pressure of the ballooning wage bill as he crafts his administration, which has expanded the size of the Executive and is on course for a bigger government than his predecessor Uhuru Kenyatta.
Rather than winnow the government bloat, Ruto has increased the number of State departments, created new executive positions and made more Cabinet-level appointments.
Despite promising a lean and efficient government on the campaign trail, Ruto has gone the other direction filling, ministries and State departments with allies and loyalists amid concern that the size of the government will burden the taxpayer more.
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