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Amason Kingi says counties to incur high expenditure if more functions are devolved

Senate Speaker Amason Kingi in a meeting with Danish Ambassador to Kenya, Ole Thonke. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Senate Speaker Amason Kingi has said that county governments may be forced to spend more if some functions still being performed by the national government are devolved.

Mr Kingi announced that devolved units are only waiting for the costing of the items since the Intergovernmental Relations Committee had already identified some of the functions.

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