Now Government accepts to give more money to counties

President Uhuru Kenyatta addresses the press flanked by Governors at the close of a two day fifth National and County Government Co-ordinating Summit, at the Sagana State Lodge, in Nyeri County, February 11, 2016. The Summit, is a creation of the Intergovernmental Relations Act. [PHOTO: MOSE SAMMY/STANDARD].

The Government and governors have agreed that counties will receive more funds in the next financial year.

According to resolutions read yesterday by President Uhuru Kenyatta, who chaired a summit at Sagana State Lodge in Nyeri, the convention also agreed to cut by half travel expenditure and allowances in new austerity measures.