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Natembeya calls for counties shutdown as cash crunch persists

Trans Nzoia Governor George Natembeya distributing milk to Kitale Township Primary School puipls. [File, Standard]

Trans Nzoia Governor George Natembeya wants the the 47 counties shut down as financial crisis persists over delayed disbursement of funds by the National Treasury.

Natembeya asked the Council of Governors (CoG) to shut down the devolved units, claiming that major operations have been paralysed thanks to the delayed release of sharable revenue by the National Treasury.

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