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Isiolo, Lamu, Samburu, Marsabit, Tana River, Mandera and Kirinyaga will get the bulk of recurrent expenditure to run the operations of the county assemblies and the executive.

However, Nairobi, Kiambu, Kakamega, Bomet, Nakuru, Machakos and Mombasa county assemblies lost between Sh7 million and Sh27 million of their recurrent budget compared to what they received the previous year.According to the County Allocation of Review Act, 2017, that was signed into law on Thursday, Tana River and Samburu county assemblies have each been allocated an extra Sh12 million while Isiolo, Lamu and Kirinyaga getting Sh10 million each.Marsabit will get Sh7 million while Mandera Sh8 million to run assemblies in year to June.The Act allocates additional money to the county executive for recurrent spending where Isiolo and Lamu each get Sh132 million. Tana River and Marsabit cabinets will each get additional Sh113 million, Samburu (Sh128 million), Kirinyaga (Sh117 million) and Mandera (Sh105 million).Putting the ceilings in law is an attempt to rein in expenditure for foreign and local travels as well as sitting allowances which members of county assemblies have exploited to line their pockets.Counties spent Sh5.28 billion on domestic and foreign trips between July and December 2016.