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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, on controlling Recurrent Expenditure to fund more priority development, hon. Members, it is important that we note that wage levels in Kenya are now among the highest in Africa, thus posing a challenge for our competitiveness. For instance, in the Public Service, there are wage differentials between different cadres of officers, with more or less the same level of training. This situation is occasioned by the uncoordinated wage awards and reviews. Consequently, the overall wage bill in our Civil Service, excluding the Defence and National Security and Intelligence Service (NSIS) now stands at 7.2 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), up from 6.9 per cent last year, and it costs the Exchequer a combined total of Kshs222.6 billion. Unless this level of wage bill is checked going forward, the Government will not be able to provide adequate resources for operations and maintenance, let alone fund critical development programmes. For this reason, I urge hon. Members to fast track approval of the Bill establishing the Salaries and Remuneration Commission which as per the Constitution will handle all salaries reviews and awards in the Civil Service."
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