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President Uhuru Kenyatta had implored MPs to accept pay cuts and to rein in public sector pay to free up cash to create jobs. Instead, MPs backed a motion to overturn a legal notice slashing their pay, and to increase it to an average of 851,000 shillings (£6,640) a month. The average monthly wage in Kenya is 6,498 shillings and the unemployment rate is 40 per cent.
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