Governors warn lack of cash will cripple counties

Council of Governors chairman Wycliffe Oparanya (centre) flanked by governors Mwangi wa Iria (left) Kivutha Kibwana (second left) and Kiraitu Murungi (left) [Jenipher Wachie, Standard]

Governors have warned of a complete shutdown of county governments’ operations in two weeks unless the row over county cash is resolved.

On Wednesday, mediation talks between representatives of the Senate and the National Assembly on the Division of Revenue Bill collapsed for the second time.