Act quickly to give counties their revenue, end suffering

Treasury Acting CS Ukur Yattani when he appeared before the Senate Finance Committee over the Division of Revenue bill, 2019 impasse at Parliament Building on August 13,2019. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

Taxpayers started to reap the bitter fruits of the protracted battle of egos between the National Assembly and the Senate over the Division of Revenue Bill yesterday.
Patients were left to their own devices; groaning in pain as health workers took to the streets to protest non-payment of their salaries.

Some counties, however, managed to save the situation in the last minute after they promised to settle the dues.