Governors have threatened to shut down counties in 30 days if the two houses of Parliament fail to agree on cash to be disbursed to devolved units.
They threatened to halt operations in all 47 counties after a council meeting on Monday, November 18, to discuss several bills including the Division of Revenue Amendment Bill 2024 and the County Allocation Bill.
In their statement, the governors noted the delays in the release of equitable allocation five months into the new financial year while the National government continued to receive its shareable revenue.
Furthermore, the governors also took aim at the National Assembly’s move to reduce the county’s equitable share costs by Ksh 20 billion a move which they claim will negatively affect ordinary Kenyans directly.
In the month of September this year, the National Treasury disbursed Ksh 32.8 billion to counties after clearing a legal issue.
This was the first disbursement of the financial year which, according to the CoG, is a far cry from the figure that the 47 counties need to run efficiently.
The county chiefs issued a similar threat in 2023 with their primary concern at the time revolving around delays in the disbursement of counties’ equitable share by the National Treasury.
