Status of Sh40b for counties in jeopardy



The Standard | by Brian Otieno


Senate Speaker Ken Lusaka has recalled senators to consider the annual Division of Revenue Bill, (DORB) 2021. The senators are set to push for a new legal provision to disburse the Sh39.8 billion conditional allocation to counties in the proposed next budget.

The DORB shares revenue raised nationally among the two levels of government.

The proposed changes to the Bill, to exclude conditional allocation from government and development partners, are in line with a court ruling made in 2016 that these funds should not be part of the annual…

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