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Ruto Budget: Job cuts loom in Kenya's state agencies
National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Prof. Njuguna Ndung’u address a presser after Presenting the Budget at parliament buildings on June 15, 2023.
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What you need to know:
- The public service employed 963,200 workers in 2021/22, which was a growth of 40,100 jobs from the 923,100 persons who were employed in 2020/21, according to the SRC.
- Over the past seven years, employees in the public sector have increased by 188,500, from 774,700 in 2015/16, which translates to an annual average growth rate of 26,929 new jobs.
- The public sector wage bill hit Sh1.055 trillion in 2021/22, having grown by 69.6 per cent from Sh622 billion by 2015/16, data from SRC shows.
Treasury Cabinet Secretary Njuguna Ndung’u has hinted at a possible massive retrenchment of lower-cadre staff in State corporations to weed out excess workers.
The CS, while presenting the 2023/24 budget in Parliament yesterday, indicated that State corporations were filled with excess staff who have not only affected service delivery but also led to most of the corporations struggling financially.
