Senators dishonest on latest push for more counties' cash

Marginalised areas. That phrase has gained currency in Kenya recently since the Senate started haggling over revenue allocation to counties, with every other senator saying their communities are disadvantaged and should not be overlooked.

Haggling is the operative word because the caterwauling that goes on in the Senate does not qualify as a debate. So far, the bleating has produced more heat than light, and the retreat meant to iron out the issues at hand has become a damp squib — and escalated to an atrocity now that governors have threatened to shut down county offices and stop offering services to residents for lack of funds.