Attorney General Githu Muigai has asked the High Court to allow him respond to a suit by governors over county roads.
The governors are demanding that the Government transfers the role of repairing county roads to the devolved units.
Githu, through his lawyer Mwangi Njoroge, asked Justice Mumbi Ngugi to give him seven days to file a cross petition, saying the Government would table its grievances relating to the demand after earlier negotiations failed.