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We have no additional Sh19 billion to give counties, says Uhuru

President Uhuru Kenyatta during a tour round the Bicdo Industrial Park before inauguration in Ruiru on July 25, 2019. He has warned that there are funds to add counties as demanded by senators and governors. [David Gichuru/Standard]

The division of revenue stalemate pitting the national government against the counties deepened yesterday after President Uhuru Kenyatta declared that the governors would have to live with the Sh316 billion the National Assembly gave them last week.

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