The lawmakers' amended the County Allocation of Revenue Bill, 2021 prepared by the National Treasury to give the county assemblies extra cash. In total, all the county assemblies have been allocated Sh33.25 billion out of Sh370 billion allocated to all the 47 county governments. Nairobi gets Sh19.24 billion, up from Sh15.91 billion this year; Nakuru receives Sh13.02 billion compared to Sh10.47 billion; Turkana will get Sh12.60 million against the S10.53 it got in 2020-21. Kiambu and Turkana will get Sh11.71 billion and Sh11.64 billion, respectively, compared to Sh9.43 billion and Sh10.44 billion they received in the current financial year. Vihiga and Nyamira get Sh5.06 billion and Sh5.13 million, up from Sh4.65 billion and Sh4.81 billion, respectively, if Parliament approves the Bill.

Source: The Star June 04, 2021 09:35 UTC