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Kenyan Counties bypass ministries in new payment system

Doctors demonstrate along Nairobi streets. County governments blame delayed disbursement of funds for the rise in health workers' strikes.

County governments have started receiving donor funds directly for the health sector instead of receiving the cash from line ministries.

The current funding system, bypassing the National Treasury, has only been implemented at Health ministry where funds from Danish International Development Agency (Danida) are now wired directly to county governments.

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