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Inside Ruto's ambitious scheme to contain runaway wage bill by 2027

President William Ruto and SRC Chairperson Lynn Mengich Chairperson during the official closing of the Wage Bill Conference at the Bomas of Kenya. [PCS]

President William Ruto is confident that the public sector wage bill can reduce to 35 per cent by 2027, a year sooner than was agreed at the recently concluded Third Wage Bill Conference.

But this will be an enormous task as past governments have struggled to keep this ratio down. If he cracks it, this could be one of his most notable achievements.

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