Deputy President William Ruto has said that he has since held talks with Council of Governors Chair Wycliffe Oparanya regarding the ongoing revenue impasse.
This comes amid an ongoing standoff between the national assembly and the governors, after the MPs only passes Sh316 billion of the Sh327 billion demanded by the counties.
Ruto on Saturday discouraged the governors against going to the courts to demand for the additional funds, saying that they will not be of any help, calling for dialogue instead.
"As leaders, we need to look for solutions to end this stalemate instead of going to court. I had advised Mr Oparanya that issues regarding division of revenue could only be resolved through inter- governmental agencies but he told me had an alternative solution," he said in Nakuru county.
This is as he reiterated President Uhuru Kenyatta's initial declaration that the government doesn't have the extra funds, with counties now facing a shut down in a few weeks.
He urged the senate and national assembly to drop their hard stands on the Division on Revenue Bill 2019 and reach a consensus on the same.
He blamed Oparanya for the stalemate, adding that he cautioned him before, but the route the county boss decided to take the governors in seems to have failed.
"What is happening now could have been avoided had Mr Oparanya listened to my advice. His alternative solution seems not to work. Had he tabled his concerns before the Inter-Governmental Economic and Budget Council, we would have found a solution," he added.
The governors have since taken the matter to the Supreme Court.