Why Treasury is opposed to a CDF-type fund in counties

Murang’a Senator Irungu Kang’ata. FILEPHOTO | NMG

The Treasury has opposed a bill seeking to create an equivalent of the Constituency Development Fund at the ward level, saying it claws back the fiscal powers of county executives.

If enacted, the Treasury said, the bill will entrench inequalities and marginalisation of some communities.

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