A new formula for sharing revenue among counties could be in place by next week after a Senate committee formed to broker a deal on the contentious formula announced a breakthrough. Instead, Wetang'ula said the committee will on Thursday present its determination, in form of a report to the house leadership led by speaker Kenneth Lusaka. In the dispute formula proposed by the house Finance and Budget Committee, 18 counties were losing Sh17 billion from their last year’s allocation. Once the house leadership endorses the committee’s report, the speaker shall gazette a special sitting of the Senate next week to approve the formula and end months of push and pull. “Any stories from counties that they are truncated and incapacitated and made difficult to work because the Senate has not passed the formula is not true.

Source: The Star August 26, 2020 15:04 UTC