We will not be whipped into losing cash, vow senators as vote looms

Senators Ledama Ole Kina (Narok), Kithure Kindiki (Tharaka Nithi) and Kimani Wamatangi (Kiambu).

President Uhuru Kenyatta dispatched his trusted allies for talks with ODM leader Raila Odinga to try crush resistance in the Senate against a proposed formula for allocating county funds.

A new formula by the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) to guide division of national revenue among the 47 counties for the next five years has deadlocked in the Senate because it favours populous counties.