The Senate Public and Investment Accounts Committee has barred county governments from remitting money to the Council of Governors (CoG) kitty.
According to the committee chair Prof Anyang’ Nyong’o, it is unconstitutional for county governments to remit money to the CoG because the Inter-Government Relations Act is yet to be amended.
The Kisumu senator stated that CoG is supposed to be funded by the National Treasury and county governments were contributing huge monies to the council at the expense of development.
“We have written to county governments asking them to stop allocating funds to the Council of Governors kitty until when the Inter-Government Relations Act will be amended,” said Nyong’o.
The move by senators to bar counties from allocating funds to CoG is likely to trigger off a row between them and the governors.
The senate committee is already in a tussle with governors on whether they should appear before it for audit queries.
Governors have been accusing the senate committee of using its powers to intimidate them.
Council of Governors Chairman Peter Munya two months ago asked governors to snub the senate summons on queries claiming that senators were using the committee to intimidate governors.