Opposition leader Raila Odinga (pictured) has asked Kenyans to support the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) that proposes increase of funds to devolved units. “In the envisaged BBI reforms, we had proposed to raise the minimum percentage of national revenue to counties from at least 15 per cent to at least 35 per cent. It is our hope that this proposal will receive positive consideration by the BBI team and will also be endorsed by Kenyans,” said Raila. Raila said the country must recommit to fighting corruption in all its manifestations at both the county and national levels. The stalemate over the third basis revenue sharing formula that ran from July saw the Senate fail to agree a record 10 times.

Source: Standard Digital September 18, 2020 16:16 UTC