Use dialogue, not threats to resolve counties revenue allocation dispute

President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Thursday outburst has put a damper on the push for a negotiated settlement to the revenue sharing standoff. The President’s speech unsettled senators and governors even further, with Council of Governors chairman Wycliffe Oparanya saying they won’t give in.

Speaking in Gatanga, the President told county governments to work with what’s there. “We are not a money printing entity,” he declared, challenging governors to cut their salaries to the meet their shortfalls and show what they had achieved with previous allocations.