Governors have threatened to shut down counties next week, citing lack of funds to run operations. Through the Council of Governors, the county chiefs lamented the delayed disbursement of cash by the National Treasury, crippling operations and delivery of critical services to the residents. As such, they have given an ultimatum to the Treasury to release the cash by Friday or they shut down the counties. "Unfortunately, if the National Treasury fails to release the funds, counties will not be able to offer basic services thereby forcing suspension of services or total shutdown by June 24," Wambora said. The county bosses said that Treasury has not released the cash, for come counties like Nairobi, for up to six months now.

Source: The Star June 14, 2021 09:45 UTC