Governors threaten to shut down counties in 14 days
The Council of Governors has threatened to shut down county governments in the next 14 days following the passage of the County Governments Additional Allocations Bill,2025.
The Council of Governors has threatened to shut down county governments in the next 14 days following the passage of the County Governments Additional Allocations Bill,2025.
In a statement dated Friday, March 21, the governors accused the national government of undermining devolution.
According to governors, the new bill was going to deny counties Ksh38.4 billion in funding that was intended to implement various projects.
The county bosses warned that the programmes would have to stall over the move.
“From this deduction, County Governments will lose a whooping Ksh38.4 billion of the Additional Allocations, of which Ksh24 billion are Conditional Grants from Donors to support critical County projects in healthcare, agriculture, fisheries, water, roads, slum upgrading and infrastructure development,” read the statement in part.
“The other Ksh13 billion additional allocations from the National Government to fund jointly agreed ongoing projects such as industrial parks.”
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Consequently, the CoG demanded for the money to be reinstated, adding that they would shut down county governments, a move that would affect service delivery for Kenyans.
Further, the council demanded for the National Treasury to remit outstanding county funding that had not been released between January to March.
“We demand that the National Treasury immediately releases the County Equitable Share which is in arrears of 3 months amounting to Ksh78.03 Billion for the months of January, February and March,” the governors added.
“As we conclude, we wish to reiterate that Devolution is here to stay. The People of Kenya can attest to the benefits of this system of governance. It is therefore our patriotic duty as a Country to protect our Constitution and its supremacy.”
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