Nairobi, Sept. 9 -- Nairobi County workers have given the National Treasury seven days to clear their July and August salary arrears failure to which they will paralyse services in the city.

The workers, through their union, attributed their predicament to Treasury's discriminate funding of the Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) at the expense of Nairobi County government.

The ultimatum comes after last week, City Hall, through the acting County Secretary Justus Kathenge, announced to the workers that their August salaries will be delayed as the Treasury was yet to disburse funds.

The disbursement delay stems from the current stalemate over counties revenue sharing formula at the Senate, but the workers hold the Treasury responsible, re...