RUTO now admits the wage bill is unsustainable even after hiring freeloaders as he goes after innocent civil servants to stabilize his government.

 Thursday, July 6, 2023 – President William Ruto has admitted that the current wage bill is unsustainable.

This comes even as he hired a whopping 50 CASs to burden Kenyans and increase the wage bill unnecessarily.

Speaking during the swearing-in ceremony of two Principal Secretaries at State House, Ruto announced that his administration was considering trimming the Government’s recurrent expenditure with a special focus on civil servants’ salaries.

According to Ruto, the ballooning wage bill limited the government’s capacity to delve into development projects.

“The government is keen on striking the right balance between the development and recurrent expenditure,” the President stated noting that his administration was spending more resources on paying salaries than required.

Ruto noted that the Treasury was spending 46 per cent of the country’s revenue to pay salaries and wages every month.

“This is way above our target of 35 per cent. We must work towards bringing down the figure,” the President warned.

Defending the move, Ruto explained that his administration will ensure the country’s development plan is not starved of funds.

According to the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC), the government used Sh1 trillion to pay salaries in the 2022/2023 financial year.

This was 51 per cent of revenue collected in the country and the percentage will go higher if the Commission goes ahead with its plan to increase salaries for civil servants by 8 per cent.

The statement came a few days after the President approved an increase in salary for select civil servants but opposed an increment for high-ranking state officers.