National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich [Photo/The Big Issue]
County governments are still awaiting funds from the Treasury needed to carry out payment of essential services and salaries.
According to reports the government sill holds more than Sh50 billion in equitable share meant for the devolved units.
The funds were apart of Sh329 billion to be disbursed to the 47 counties in the 2017/18 financial year.
As of last week only a portion of the full amount had been disbursed to select counties owing to a technical hitch in the legislative process. The County Allocation of Revenue Act (CARA) 2017 was approved by Parliament and assented to by the President. However, the schedule of disbursement approved by the Senate was at variance with the CARA,” said National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich in a notice in the Kenya Gazette.
“The National Treasury is awaiting clarification from the Senate on the same. In the meantime, Treasury has released Sh20 billion to some county governments for the payment of staff salaries and key services.”
Earlier this month the Council of Governors (CoG) wrote to the treasury asking for the funds to be disbursed in a speedy manner.