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Poor constituencies lose out as major changes to CDF law passed

Leader of Majority Aden Duale

NAIROBI: MPs have passed two key amendments to the law including one that denies marginalised regions a greater share of the money.

Another provision in the National Constituency Development Fund (CDF) Bill 2016 helped MPs circumvent a recent court ruling denying constituencies Sh10 billion in CDF money.

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