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Counties will have to re-adjust their budget plans if the proposed third basis formula for revenue allocation is passed by senators in a special sitting tomorrow.
There has been a protracted battle between counties that will lose billions of shillings and those gaining, if the third basis formula as proposed by the Commission of Revenue Allocation (CRA), is passed as is.
Proponents of the formula have argued that money should be allocated based on population while those opposing the formula contend that land mass must also be taken into account since it takes a long distance to render service to people, especially in vast counties.
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