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Governors’ mansions: Confusion in counties as deadline looms on perks

The stalled governor's residence in West Pokot. [Irissheel Shanzu, Standard]

County governments are in a mad scramble to buy land and build homes for senior officials before they lose their housing benefits.

The exercise, which has seen some devolved units set aside as much as Sh100 million to put up palatial homes, gathered urgency after the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) said that starting June next year, governors, their deputies and county assembly speakers would no longer be eligible for housing allowance.

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