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Government still runs Sh272.2 billion devolved functions

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Council of Governors' chair Ann Waiguru flanked by other governors address the press in Nairobi on July 31,2023 where she announced the date for Devolution Conference that will take place in Uasin Gishu county in August. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

Several key elements of devolved functions accounting for Sh272.2 billion are still being run by the national government ten years later, the Intergovernmental Relations Technical Committee (IGRCT) has said.

IGRCT delegation led by the Chairperson Kithinji Kiragu who appeared before the Senate Standing Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations said that considerable resources needed to fund devolved functions still remain in the hands of the national government.

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