Ministry fights to control Sh193 billion climate change cash from UN

A flooded homestead in Nyando, Kisumu County. The government is scrambling to control Sh193 billion from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. [PHOTO: FILE/STANDARD]

NAIROBI, KENYA: Starved for cash, the Government is scrambling to control billions of shillings from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), pitting senior officials against each other in a fierce turf war.

The money in question, Sh193 billion ($2.227 billion), is just Sh3 billion shy of what the national government allocated to the county governments in the 2013/2014 financial year that ended on June 30.