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SRC: Political sabotage hurting efforts to curb wage bill growth

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Public sector wage bill hit Sh1.287 trillion on increased hirings and salary reviews.

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The Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) has decried a lack of political goodwill and disregard for its advice amid struggles to tame the ballooning public sector wage bill.

SRC says the hurdles have hampered its efforts to contain a public wage bill that has significantly grown in the past three years to cross the Sh1 trillion mark, despite a promise by the government to lower it and free up funds for development.