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Senate, National Assembly turf wars delay release of conditional grants to counties

Parliament building located on Parliament road, Nairobi [Courtesy]

Counties will wait longer to receive conditional grants after the Senate rejected amendments by the National Assembly on the County Governments Grants Bill, 2021.

The Bill which was sponsored by Senate Finance and Budget Committee chairman Charles Kibiru (Kirinyaga) is meant to come up with a legal framework for the disbursement of conditional grants from the national government and donors to county governments.

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