Provide true leadership to achieve real equity

The Senate defied explicit directions from President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga and shot down the much-touted division of revenue formula that would have greatly shifted the basis on which counties would be allocated funds. The proposed formula would have seen a colossal shift from county physical size to a greater emphasis on county population.

The bone of contention was that more densely populated counties, which also tend to be smaller in size have been getting the short end of the stick when it comes to revenue allocation – unlike the counties that are large which incidentally tend to be less densely populated.