The council of governors has raised a red flag over the delay by the National Treasury to release more than Sh30 billion to the counties. The Council of Governors’ chairperson Wycliffe Oparanya who is also Kakamega Governor, in an appeal he made to National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukuru Yatani, said the situation at the counties is dire. The National Treasury is supposed to send Sh30 billion to the 47 counties as per the County Allocation of Revenue Act, 2019. Dr Mbae called on President Kenyatta to intervene and save counties’ development agenda from collapsing. The ward representative revealed that Nakuru County has a revenue collection deficit of Sh745 million due to the pandemic.

Source: Daily Nation July 23, 2020 10:40 UTC