Counties to face more cash delay

Kitui Central MP Makali Mulu and Kitui Governor Charity Ngilu at a past function. Mulu has defended his colleagues saying they were advised to backdate the Bill to July 1 to allow counties to receive their monies as scheduled. [Paul Mutua, Standard]

County governments could remain in the doldrums after the National Assembly and Senate differed on the commencement date of the Division of Revenue (DoR) Bill should the President give assent to it.

In what appears to be a ping-pong game between the two Houses of Parliament, both could be headed for another round of mediation after the National Assembly passed the Bill with the clause that it should be backdated to July 1 while senators want it effected immediately after the presidential assent.