“Even before the nominations, there was no prior indication that the PSs will decrease. The increase was according to how the government sees fit to provide services to its citizens,” he added.

On Thursday, Ruto created seven new state departments, bringing the total number of PSs to 51 and the taxpayer money needed to keep them in office for a year to approximately Ksh.765 million a year.

With the changes, it will cost the taxpayer Sh45.2 million a month to cater for the salaries of the 57 PSs as per the remunerative figures gazetted by the SRC, translating to Sh542.1 million a year ...