A past Council of Governors sitting. [Photo: CoG]The Council of Governors (CoG) is in protest after the National Assembly passed the National Government Appropriation Bill 2017, in the absence of a Division of Revenue Act and without involvement of the Senate Assembly.Chairman Josphat Nanok said the move is unconstitutional.To remedy this serious failing, the Council warned that it was moving to Court to have the National Government Appropriation Act 2017 declared unconstitutional and nullified.Nanok said their was need for allocation of Sh58.8 billion to County governments on a ratio of 70:30, based on the fact that Counties have the bulk of staff in Public Service, among other devolved operations."The National Assembly has continuously disregarded proposals on County allocation from all Key institutions including the National Treasury, Senate, Council of Governors and Commission on Revenue Allocation. The National Assembly has reverted to the Division of Revenue Bill 2017 with a Ksh291 Billion allocation for Counties instead of Kes314 Billion," he said, Wednesday.If this fails, CoG noted that the situation would paralyse operations of all County governments, halting service delivery including health care services starting July 1, 2017, after parliament proceeds on recess Sine Die.Parliament proceeds on recess Sine Die, June 15, 2017.

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