Jubilee MPs’ new plot to kill deal on county cash

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Billow Kerrow with members Wilfred Machage and Mutahi Kagwe before a joint meeting with their National Assembly counterparts on Tuesday. [PHOTO: MOSES OMUSULA/STANDARD]

NAIROBI: The deal to increase cash to the counties by Sh3.3billion to break the deadlock on the Division of Revenue Bill is reportedly facing stiff opposition from members of the National Assembly allied to the ruling Jubilee coalition.

The MPs have vowed to reject the agreement hammered out by representatives of the Senate and the National Assembly after mediation talks.