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Counties face cash crunch as MPs fight over vital Bill

President Uhuru Kenyatta signs into law the Health Laws (Amendment) Bill of 2018 and the Assumption of the Office of County Governor Bill at State House, Nairobi.

Counties could become casualties of an ugly supremacy battle between the National Assembly and Senate, which could see residents denied services.

Angered by the disregard of their input on a health Bill signed into law by President Uhuru Kenyatta, senators have threatened to collapse mediation talks on a Bill on county funds, which could effectively starve counties of cash and paralyse their operations.

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