Kenya: Wages Take Big Share of Supplementary Budget

29 December 2012

Most of the money in recurrent expenditure supplementary budget tabled in parliament on Thursday will go to payments of increased wage bill for teachers, lecturers and medical service providers.

The figures tabled by Finance Minister Njeru Githae show that out of the 50 billion shillings for recurrent expenditure, 17.7 billion shillings will go to Teachers service commission and Sh4.8 billion to the Ministry of higher education, science and technology. The ministry of medical services will get Sh2.68 billion.

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