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Governors demand higher allocations in Division of Revenue Bill 2025

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Kakamega Governor Fernandes Barasa before the Senate's Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations committee at Bunge Towers, Parliament, Nairobi. March 24th,2025 [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

The Council of Governors (CoG) has strongly opposed the proposed Ksh 417.4 billion allocation to counties in the 2025/26 Division of Revenue Bill, terming it insufficient to support effective service delivery and undermining the spirit of devolution.

The CoG, chaired by Kakamega Governor Fernandes Barasa-who also chairs the Finance, Planning, and Economic Affairs Committee-argues that the current allocation heavily favors the national government at the expense of counties' constitutional mandates.

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