By CAROLINE WAFULAMore by this AuthorThe new revenue-sharing formula proposed by the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) is among key issues to be discussed by MCAs meeting Monday in Kisumu for the fourth Annual Legislative Forum. "The debate on county revenue allocation requires deliberation devoid of unnecessary sabre-rattling and demeaning characterisations," she said. The latest report of the Controller of Budget reveals that most county governments are still struggling with a high wage bill. The county’s total development expenditure was Sh202.4 million, representing 9.1 per cent of the annual development budget of Sh2.12 billion. Development expenditure translated to an absorption rate of 13.2 per cent while recurrent expenditure was 40.6 per cent of the annual budget for recurrent expenditure.

Source: Daily Nation April 14, 2019 21:56 UTC