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Furore over Kenya's Senate move to grant MCAs Sh2.5b

The decision by Senate to allocate county assemblies an extra Sh2.5 billion has sparked an uproar. The Commission for Revenue Allocation (CRA) and governors have opposed the move to raise the budget ceilings for assemblies, saying it will hamper development in counties.

CRA said it is not even clear where the money will come from. CRA appeared before National Assembly departmental committee on Budget and complained that the draft ceilings prepared by the commission have been reviewed without their input.

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