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Broke Kenyan counties plead for help as cash crunch bites

Three months before the 2014/15 financial year comes to a close, some county assemblies are facing a cash crunch after bursting ceilings imposed by the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA).

CRA, however, maintains that there will be no additional money to the assemblies and the only way out is to negotiate with county executives to re-allocate funds from vote heads which are not critical.

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