MPs back Uhuru’s hardline stance as revenue row rages

CoG Chairman Wycliffe Oparanya and Kisumu Governor Anyang’ Nyong’o during the council’s meeting at Sarova Woodlands Hotel in Nakuru on Thursday. [Harun Wathari, Standard]

The National Assembly has backed President Uhuru Kenyatta’s hard-line stance on the proposed additional Sh19 billion to counties as governors vow not to relent on their demand.

The president and the National Assembly have maintained that Sh316 billion be shared equally among the 47 counties, while Senate and governors are demanding Sh335 billion, up from the Sh310 billion contained in the collapsed Division of Revenue Bill.