Nairobi, Sept. 9 -- Counties are staring at operational shutdown due to the absence of a law that would have allowed them to access half of their equitable share pending approval of a formula on revenue sharing.
National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi said there is no legal provision that allows Parliament to approve the withdrawal of half of the Sh316.5 billion allocated to counties from the Consolidated Fund.
Leader of the Minority Party John Mbadi had sought Parliament's approval to sanction withdrawal of Sh158.25 billion from the Consolidated Fund to the devolved units as the stalemate on passage of the County Allocation of Revenue (CAR) Bill, 2020 persists.
The Bill provides for the sharing of revenue raised nationally between the t...