Ugly twist in battle to control counties’ cash as senators, governors crisis talks flop

Senate Speaker Ekwe Ethuro.

Nairobi, Kenya: A planned meeting to broker a truce between senators and governors aborted at the eleventh hour as both parties stuck to their hardline positions, The Standard has established.

The talks had been scheduled for Monday afternoon at Boma Hotel in Nairobi’s South C estate, away from the media glare, but fell flat even before participants got to the venue.