Slums set for Equalization Fund billions

An aerial view of Nairobi’s Kibera slum. It is one of the areas earmarked to benefit from the Equalisation Fund under the new proposal. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Slums could soon benefit from the Equalisation Fund in a new proposal by the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA).

CRA will now identify marginalised areas within counties, including slums in major towns, as opposed to the current set-up where only 14 counties are listed as marginalised. Review in the current policy is to expand the scope of the Equalisation Fund that has accumulated a total of Sh28 billion since the onset of devolution in 2013.