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Strengthen devolution

Chairman Council of Governors Martin Wambora addresses members of the press on October 18, 2021, at Governors offices at Delta House in Westlands Nairobi. [Edward Kiplimo, Standard]

Governors are pushing for an increase in annual county allocations from Sh370 to Sh751 billion.

According to Council of Governors (CoG) chair Martin Wambora, their request is in line with the Constitution of Kenya Amendment Bill, 2020 that recommended 35 per cent of all revenue collected by the national government should go to counties.

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