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County assemblies race to beat housing deadline for chiefs
An incomplete house, which was meant to be the residence for Elgeyo-Marakwet governor in Kamariny on March 14, 2018. The court had stopped its construction due to a lack of public participation.PHOTO | JARED NYATAYA | NMG
Counties are racing against time to construct residences for governors, their deputies and speakers of the county assemblies ahead of the scrapping of monthly housing benefits for the three officers in June next year.
The Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) said Homa Bay and Kajiado had built residences for their governor and deputy governor by August last year. Kilifi had delivered the governor’s house while Isiolo built a house for its deputy governor.
