Ruto: We Will Not Borrow Money To Pay Public Servants
President William Ruto has announced that the government of Kenya will not borrow money to pay civil servants salaries.
This comes weeks of claims mainly from the opposition that the Government is yet to pay civil servants their February and March Salaries.
Ruto was Speaking on Tuesday, April 11 during the release of the Performance Contract Report for the 2021/2022 Financial Year at the KICC, Nairobi, where he admitted that it’s the first time the government is delaying salaries but linked it to maturing debts.
The President noted that the Government was committed to institutionalising performance management so that “we can experience considerable improvement in public service delivery”.
He added that the institutionalisation of performance management in government will be further anchored in a policy framework.
“We had issues of delayed salaries which somebody is the first time that we are having delayed salaries, yes it’s the first time we are delaying salaries but also the first time we are having such monumental debts.I want to assure the country that the situation is managed we have turned the corner, and we are not going to borrow money to spend on recurrent expenditures including salaries,” Ruto stated.
To promote efficiency, promptness and transparency, the Head of State said progress is being made in developing the government online performance contracting information system.
He observed that the Government will ensure completion of viable, budgeted for and already commenced projects.
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