Nairobi, March 15 -- The National Assembly has differed with the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) on the share of revenue to be disbursed to the 47 counties in the 2024/25 financial year.

While the CRA had recommended setting the equitable share of revenue at Sh398.1 billion, excluding the Sh8.37 billion allocated to the Equalisation Fund, the National Assembly in its newly published Division of Revenue Bill (DORB) is proposing an equitable share of Sh391.1 billion and Sh7.8 billion for equalisation fund that targets the marginalised areas.

The Constitution requires that 0.5 percent of all revenue collected by the national government annually and calculated on the most recent audited accounts be paid into the Equalisation Fund.

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