County governments have secured a big win in their tussle with the national government over Sh272 billion devolved functions. Besides the functions, the ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) will yield billions to counties to run the functions. They have been completed without any disputes between the national and county governments,” a dispatch from the meeting states. The report shows that the Ministry of Roads and Transport is holding onto 51 elements of functions belonging to county governments. “Six new elements of the function identified and unbundled as concurrent to be transferred to county governments,” the report states.

Source: The Star January 24, 2024 18:55 UTC