Tolgos insists on perks as budget fails to pass

Elgeyo Marakwet Governor Alex Tolgos has declined to sign the county’s Appropriation bill after the assembly failed to allocate money for employees’ allowances. [Standard]

A stand-off looms in Elgeyo Marakwet county after Governor Alex Tolgos declined to assent to the county’s 2019-20 appropriation bill.

This means development projects within the devolved unit will be in limbo indefinitely since without Tolgos’s signature, no money from the county’s coffers can be directed to them.