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Counties given Sh22b more as MPs' term ends

Nominated Senator Agnes Zani is a member of the mediation committee that struck the deal. (Photo: Edward Kiplimo, Standard)

MPs Thursday gave county administrations an additional Sh22 billion as the 11th Parliament's term came to a busy end Thursday.

The National Assembly and the Senate had for months been engaged in sibling rivalry over how much cash should be allocated to the counties and it took the intervention of President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto to unlock the deadlock.

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