Counties in budget crisis as MPs disagree on crucial Bill

Finance, Budget and Commerce committee chair Billow Kerrow. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Operations of the 47 county governments could grind to a halt after Senators rejected a Bill seeking to allocate devolved units Sh291 billion for the next financial year.

The Senate standing committee on Finance, Budget and Commerce has rejected the allocation of Sh291 billion as approved by the National Assembly and stuck to the Sh314 billion it proposed in an earlier Bill, throwing county operations into a crisis.

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