Budget row sets Elgeyo Marakwet leaders in collision pathGovernor Alex Tolgos has blamed CRA for Elgeyo Marakwet's financial problems. However, it has now emerged that the county that so irked the President is Elgeyo Marakwet. The county’s governor Alex Tolgos gave credence to the President’s assertion and even proposed a reduction of the county assembly allocation. But members of the county assembly led by Soy South ward representative Jonah Tanui defended the assembly, saying it oversights the entire county budget of more than Sh5 billion. SEE ALSO :Notice for land acquisition for Sh63 billion dams issued“Focusing on meagre county assembly budget will not help the executive get out of its financial woes,” he said.

Source: Standard Digital March 10, 2019 21:49 UTC