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肯尼亚总统宣布减薪 减少财政压力 Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has announced that he and his cabinet will take a pay cut to help bring down the governments wage bill. 肯尼亚总统乌虎鲁·肯雅塔宣布他本人以及内阁成员将减薪以减少政府的财政压力。 President Kenyatta says the government wage bill is unsustainable ? President Kenyatta said that he and his deputy William Ruto would take a 20% cut while other ministers would have their pay reduced by 10%.? ? Foreign trips, he said, would be kept to a minimum.? ? Mr Kenyatta also urged Kenyan MPs, who are among the highest paid in Africa, to accept cuts.? ? Correspondents say the issue of politicians pay is a highly sensitive issue in Kenya.? ? Mr Kenyatta said the government was spending close to $4.6bn in salaries, leaving only $2.3bn for development. ? We need to deal with this monster if we are to develop this nation otherwise sooner or later we will become a nation that only collects taxes to pay ourselves, President Kenyatta said.? ? He was speaking at the end of a cabinet retreat near Mount Kenya that was reviewing progress made one year since he was elected. ? Mr Kenyatta announced a month after his election that he would make reducing Kenyas ballooning public sector wage bill a priority. ? He said it was unsustainable and weighed on the national budget.