Expenditure on political appointees two percent of state wage bill, says Finance Ministry
20 Jul 2011, 11:15 PM
Expenditure on 244 political appointees in the executive branch is two percent of the state’s wage bill or Rf99 million (US$6.4 million) a year, according to official figures released by the Ministry of Finance and Treasury.
The Rf1.6 billion (US$103 million) of annual spending on 20,476 civil servants meanwhile accounts for 39 percent of total state expenditure on salaries and allowances, followed by 24 percent for uniformed bodies (5,949 police and army officers), 17 percent for local councils (1,091 elected councillors), 10 percent for independent institutions (1,904 employees) and five percent for the judiciary (1,461 employees).
Annual expenditure on parliament (211 employees) accounts for two percent while administrative staff at the President’s Office (186 employees) represent one percent of the total wage bill.
A press statement issued by the ministry today notes that the figures were made public because “misleading statements” were being made about government spending.
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