{"id":10595,"date":"2020-07-03T16:21:56","date_gmt":"2020-07-03T16:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=10595"},"modified":"2020-07-03T16:21:56","modified_gmt":"2020-07-03T16:21:56","slug":"north-eastern-counties-want-revenue-sharing-formula-put-on-hold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/north-eastern-counties-want-revenue-sharing-formula-put-on-hold","title":{"rendered":"North Eastern Counties want Revenue sharing formula put on hold"},"content":{"rendered":"

AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> County chiefs from arid and semi-arid areas have called for deferment of the third basis of revenue allocation for a year, arguing that they are likely to lose Sh17 billion in allocation.<\/p>\n

Frontier Counties Development Council (FCDC) comprising Garissa, Wajir, Marsabit, Isiolo, Samburu, Turkana, Tana River, West Pokot, Lamu and Mandera are among the 18 counties that will be the biggest losers should the third basis formula of revenue sharing be adopted.<\/p>\n

The leaders argued that if the\u00a0revised revenue sharing formula is implemented as proposed by Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA), it will impact budget plans in their regions which have already gone through stages of public participation and approval.<\/p>\n

They said should the formula be adopted, critical services like food production, healthcare provision, early childhood education, road networks and water services will be hampered.<\/p>\n

Led by FCDC chairman and Mandera Governor Ali Roba, the leaders want President Uhuru Kenyatta and the Senate to consider deferring implementation of the third basis formula of revenue sharing.\"\"Already, Senate Speaker Kenneth Lusaka has called for a \u2018Kamkunji\u2019 on Monday to reach a consensus before the report is tabled at the plenary on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The governors from the 10 counties argue that sudden reduction in fund flows will inevitably lead to stalled projects, especially for those that are midstream.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt a time that governors are readying to popularise BBI and referendum, it will be hard to sell to the public and convince them that the government agenda is good while at the same arguing that it is the same regime that reduced funds and adversely affected them,\u201d said Roba in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is important to cushion the counties and prioritise completion of on-going projects and avoid a scaling down of service delivery due to impending revenue reduction.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"The governors argued North and North Eastern counties have high levels of poverty at 70 per cent and have poor access to basic services like roads, electricity connection and water supply.<\/p>\n

Roba said citizens of the affected counties need social protection.\u201cThe ASAL counties are facing serious challenges of drought experienced last year, the recent floods and landslides, locust invasion and the new normal of Covid-19 pandemic. We need the support of the national government, the president and the Senate in regard to massive reduction of sharable revenue in frontier counties,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The county chiefs argued that they risk punishing many more innocent Kenyans who have borne the brunt of the effects of Covid-19 pandemic by losing jobs and income.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe appeal to President Uhuru to come to our aid and ensure that devolution, whose implementation started at the beginning of his term, grows to deliver benefits to the people of Kenya and becomes central to his legacy through the success of the Big Four Agenda,\u201d said Roba.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AfricaPress-Kenya: County chiefs from arid and semi-arid areas have called for deferment of the third basis of revenue allocation for a year, arguing that they are likely to lose Sh17 billion in allocation. Frontier Counties Development Council (FCDC) comprising Garissa, Wajir, Marsabit, Isiolo, Samburu, Turkana, Tana River, West Pokot, Lamu and Mandera are among the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":10592,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,12],"tags":[1256,4485,4484],"class_list":["post-10595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","tag-commission-on-revenue-allocation","tag-fcdc","tag-north-eastern-counties"],"yoast_head":"\nNorth Eastern Counties want Revenue sharing formula put on hold - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"County chiefs from arid and semi-arid areas have called for deferment of the third basis of revenue allocation for a year, arguing that they are likely to\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/north-eastern-counties-want-revenue-sharing-formula-put-on-hold\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"North Eastern Counties want Revenue sharing formula put on hold\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"County chiefs from arid and semi-arid areas have called for deferment of the third basis of revenue allocation for a year, arguing that they are likely to\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/north-eastern-counties-want-revenue-sharing-formula-put-on-hold\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"kenya\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-07-03T16:21:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2020\/07\/northern_counties_wa5efe14e616045.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"653\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"409\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/north-eastern-counties-want-revenue-sharing-formula-put-on-hold#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/north-eastern-counties-want-revenue-sharing-formula-put-on-hold\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"North Eastern Counties want Revenue sharing formula put on hold\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-07-03T16:21:56+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/north-eastern-counties-want-revenue-sharing-formula-put-on-hold\"},\"wordCount\":473,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/north-eastern-counties-want-revenue-sharing-formula-put-on-hold#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2020\/07\/northern_counties_wa5efe14e616045.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Commission on Revenue Allocation\",\"FCDC\",\"North Eastern counties\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/north-eastern-counties-want-revenue-sharing-formula-put-on-hold#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/north-eastern-counties-want-revenue-sharing-formula-put-on-hold\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/north-eastern-counties-want-revenue-sharing-formula-put-on-hold\",\"name\":\"North Eastern Counties want Revenue sharing formula put on hold - kenya\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/north-eastern-counties-want-revenue-sharing-formula-put-on-hold#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/north-eastern-counties-want-revenue-sharing-formula-put-on-hold#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2020\/07\/northern_counties_wa5efe14e616045.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-07-03T16:21:56+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"County chiefs from arid and semi-arid areas have called for deferment of the third basis of revenue allocation for a year, arguing that they are likely to\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/north-eastern-counties-want-revenue-sharing-formula-put-on-hold#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/north-eastern-counties-want-revenue-sharing-formula-put-on-hold\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/north-eastern-counties-want-revenue-sharing-formula-put-on-hold#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2020\/07\/northern_counties_wa5efe14e616045.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2020\/07\/northern_counties_wa5efe14e616045.jpg\",\"width\":653,\"height\":409},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/north-eastern-counties-want-revenue-sharing-formula-put-on-hold#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"North Eastern Counties want Revenue sharing formula put on hold\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/\",\"name\":\"kenya\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"North Eastern Counties want Revenue sharing formula put on hold - kenya","description":"County chiefs from arid and semi-arid areas have called for deferment of the third basis of revenue allocation for a year, arguing that they are likely to","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/north-eastern-counties-want-revenue-sharing-formula-put-on-hold","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"North Eastern Counties want Revenue sharing formula put on hold","og_description":"County chiefs from arid and semi-arid areas have called for deferment of the third basis of revenue allocation for a year, arguing that they are likely to","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/north-eastern-counties-want-revenue-sharing-formula-put-on-hold","og_site_name":"kenya","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2020-07-03T16:21:56+00:00","og_image":[{"width":653,"height":409,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2020\/07\/northern_counties_wa5efe14e616045.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/north-eastern-counties-want-revenue-sharing-formula-put-on-hold#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/north-eastern-counties-want-revenue-sharing-formula-put-on-hold"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"North Eastern Counties want Revenue sharing formula put on hold","datePublished":"2020-07-03T16:21:56+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/north-eastern-counties-want-revenue-sharing-formula-put-on-hold"},"wordCount":473,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/north-eastern-counties-want-revenue-sharing-formula-put-on-hold#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2020\/07\/northern_counties_wa5efe14e616045.jpg","keywords":["Commission on Revenue Allocation","FCDC","North Eastern counties"],"articleSection":["all news","homepage-english","policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/north-eastern-counties-want-revenue-sharing-formula-put-on-hold#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/north-eastern-counties-want-revenue-sharing-formula-put-on-hold","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/north-eastern-counties-want-revenue-sharing-formula-put-on-hold","name":"North Eastern Counties want Revenue sharing formula put on hold - kenya","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/north-eastern-counties-want-revenue-sharing-formula-put-on-hold#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/north-eastern-counties-want-revenue-sharing-formula-put-on-hold#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2020\/07\/northern_counties_wa5efe14e616045.jpg","datePublished":"2020-07-03T16:21:56+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"County chiefs from arid and semi-arid areas have called for deferment of the third basis of revenue allocation for a year, arguing that they are likely to","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/north-eastern-counties-want-revenue-sharing-formula-put-on-hold#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/north-eastern-counties-want-revenue-sharing-formula-put-on-hold"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/north-eastern-counties-want-revenue-sharing-formula-put-on-hold#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2020\/07\/northern_counties_wa5efe14e616045.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2020\/07\/northern_counties_wa5efe14e616045.jpg","width":653,"height":409},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/north-eastern-counties-want-revenue-sharing-formula-put-on-hold#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"North Eastern Counties want Revenue sharing formula put on hold"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/","name":"kenya","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10595\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}