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Senators reject revenue sharing deal

A partial national and county government shutdown looms large after the Senate refused to budge in its demand that more cash be allocated to counties in the Division of Revenue Bill 2015.

Backing the Senate is the Council of Governors, which put out a tough statement yesterday in the national dailies, supporting the extra Sh7.7 billion that would raise the total allocation to counties to Sh291 billion from the Sh284 billion initially approved by the National Assembly.

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