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Governors reject bid to slash county budgets by Sh18b

By Moses Nyamori | 8yrs ago
Chairman of the Council of Governors Josephat Nanok addressing the press at the council office on March 8, 2018. [Photo by Beverlyne Musili/Standard]

 

Governors have told the National Treasury to shoulder the burden of revenue shortfall in what signals a fresh battle for cash by the two levels of government.

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