| Updated Fri, March 10th 2017 at 00:00 GMT +3CoG vice chairman John MruttuGovernors have rekindled their push for more funds for counties. The county leaders lobbied Senate to spearhead the process of amending Article 203 of the Constitution to increase the allocation to 45 per cent of national revenue. "The conference participants resolved and recommended that the Senate legislates on the matter. ALSO READ: County officials, MCAs denied access to devolution conference venue over Sh2m debtThe conference also resolved to fast-track the implementation of devolution, which it acknowledged still faced a number of challenges, four years on. "State agencies, corporations and regional development authorities must be restructured to align to the devolved system of government," said the leaders.

Source: Standard Digital March 09, 2017 18:45 UTC