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Broke: Demotivated civil servants suffer in silence amid pay woes

Civil servants have faced salary delays amid tough working conditions to deliver. [iStockphoto]

During last year's Labour Day celebrations, retired President Uhuru Kenyatta announced an increase in the minimum wage by 12 per cent to enable workers to survive a surge in consumer prices "driven in part by the war in Ukraine".

"There is a compelling case to review the minimum wage to cushion our workers against further erosion of their purchasing power," he said, with inflation having risen to 6.47 per cent year-on-year.

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