Counties can’t get any money unless MPs say so, AG Kariuki advises

The National Assembly in session. INSET: Attorney General Kihara Kariuki who has give an advisory on the revenue row. [File, Standard]

The National Treasury cannot release funds to the counties without Parliament’s approval, Attorney General Kihara Kariuki says.

In a legal opinion to the Senate, the government’s chief legal advisor says there is no legal basis, under the current legal architecture, upon which the ministry can administratively advance funds to county governments.