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    "content": "Hon. Members, fellow Kenyans, allow me to address myself to one of the biggest challenges and threats to our economy and national well-being. This is our public wage bill. Our wage bill threatens to destroy our development agenda as a nation. Today, the public wage bill stands at Kshs627 billion per year, amounting to 50 per cent of the total revenues collected by the Government. This staggering amount is used to pay the salaries and allowances of 700,000 public officers, including those of us who are here today. In simple terms, 50 per cent of all the money collected as revenue from the Kenyan taxpayer goes into the pockets of less than 2 per cent of the country’s total population. For the last two decades, there has been a spiralling of the wage bill fuelled by incessant strikes, go-slows and outright neglect of duties. It has denied our citizens critical services, disrupted the normal functioning of our society and adversely affected our economy. During my term, some unions have put pressure on the Government to The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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