Irony of State paying itself at the expense of counties

From left: Chairpersons of the Senate Committee on Finance and Budget Senator Mutula Kilonzi Jnr, Finance and Planning Committee of the National Assembly Joseph Kirui Limo go through a copy of the report from Commission Revenue Allocation with chair Dr Jane Kiringai and National Cohesion and Integration Commission boss Francis ole Kaparo during the lunch of the second Policy and Criteria for Sharing Revenue among the marginalised in Nairobi. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

For over eight years, the Government has disbursed only Sh31 million on each of the 14 marginalised counties.

The same government has in three years spent about Sh45.4 million on Principal Secretaries (PSs) to advise it on how to spend money meant on these counties.