Court okays signature drive as push for county funds gathers support

Bungoma Senator Moses Wetang’ula (left), witnesses as Butula MP Micheal Onyura okays collection of signatures for the Okoa Kenya initiative at St Catharine’s Special School Butula in Busia County, Friday. [PHOTO: BENJAMIN SAKWA/ STANDARD]

CORD will continue collecting signatures to push for a referendum after the High Court declined to halt the process as a new survey shows support for the plebiscite is driven by push for more funds to the counties.

CORD leader Raila Odinga and governors have convinced three in every five Kenyans who support the referendum that their main reason is to amend the Constitution to have more money allocated to counties.