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President William Ruto addresses newly sworn-in Cabinet Secretaries at State House in Nairobi on October 27, 2022. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]
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.
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