More civil servants could find themselves out of work or forced to retire as the government indicates plans to continue restructuring the country's wage bill over the next four financial years.
In the 2025 Budget Policy Statement submitted to the National Assembly on Thursday, February 13, Treasury said it plans to cut the national wage bill as a percentage of the country's revenue to 17.4 per cent down from 24.6 per cent in the current financial year.
In the next financial year, which starts in July, the government plans to shrink the wage bill by 2.7 per cent to 21.8 per cent.
Out of the Ksh4.263 trillion proposed for government spending from July this year to June next year, Ksh3.096 trillion will go to recurrent expenditures, including the wage bill.
