At least 21 senators have protested the new proposed formula for revenue allocation among counties and vowed to shoot it down on the floor of the House. Addressing a press conference at Parliament Buildings, the leaders said the new formula will disenfranchise and further marginalised their areas. Ideally, there should be no loser or gainer," Mandera Senator Mohamed Mahamud said. Kitui Senator Enoch Wambua said the 'plot' to take away money from some counties amounts to killing devolution. "If we begin to deny certain counties money and others gain, there can be no better way of killing devolution," he said.

Source: The Star July 07, 2020 14:40 UTC