{"id":13840,"date":"2020-09-03T18:08:27","date_gmt":"2020-09-03T18:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=13840"},"modified":"2020-09-03T18:08:27","modified_gmt":"2020-09-03T18:08:27","slug":"governors-accuse-cpaic-of-extortion-warn-counties-could-close-over-cash-crunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/governors-accuse-cpaic-of-extortion-warn-counties-could-close-over-cash-crunch","title":{"rendered":"Governors accuse CPAIC of extortion, warn counties could close over cash crunch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Author: Japheth Ogila<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> The Council of Governors (CoG) have accused Senate Public Accounts and Investments Committee (CPAIC) of revisiting what they term as outdated audit queries to extort governors.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued by the council on Thursday, signed by the chair Governor Wycliffe Oparanya; the county chiefs have faulted the lawmakers for investigating financial queries dating back to 2015. According to the CoG, such incidents raise questions and depict that the lawmakers have sinister motives which warrant investigations.<\/p>\n<p>CoG said: \u201cIt is unfortunate that some of the issues being raised by the Senate committee emanate from previous financial years dating back to 2015 which begs the question of where the Senate has been all along.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hereby categorically state that Governors will not bow down to the extortionist nature of this County Public Accounts and Investments Senate Committee and will only appear virtually until COVID-19 pandemic is over and funds have been disbursed to County Governments. We call upon the EACC and DCI to investigate the County Public Accounts and Investments Committee of the Senate on this matter of extortion,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>The outburst by the CoG comes just a day after the CPAIC, led by Kisii Senator Prof Sam Ongeri ordered Inspector General of Police Hilary Mutyambai to arrest and produce before it\u00a0Murang\u2019a Governor Mwangi wa Iria\u00a0for snubbing summons thrice.<\/p>\n<p>The committee wants the Murang\u2019a County chief to be produced before it physically by September 10, to answer audit queries in three financial years from 2015 to 2018.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Committee, therefore, requests that you proceed to cause the arrest and production of Mwangi Wa Iria, the Governor of Murang\u2019a County, before County Public Accounts &amp; Investments Committee on Thursday, September 10, 2020, at the Senate Extended Chamber, Main Parliament Buildings at 10.00 am,\u201d noted Ongeri in the letter sent to the IG.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cash crunch<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"list-group readmore my-3\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The governors have also lamented the stalemate at the Senate which has led to the delayed passing of the revenue bill hence making counties cash-starved.<\/p>\n<p>The Oparanya said that the counties had resolved to close down in the next two weeks due to the cash crunch. According to him, many operations at the county government level have been affected, and hospitals which require medical personnel and equipment especially during the Covid-19 pandemic are not spared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is unfortunate that County Governments are unable to even pay the salaries and allowances of our health workers who remain in the frontline to save the lives of Kenyans. In this regard, if the prevailing situation persists, effective Thursday, September 17, 2020,\u00a0Counties\u00a0will have no choice but to shut down.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, all County Government services will not be available in the Counties,\u201d he said in the statement.\u00a0\u201cConsequently, we shall release all county employees to proceed on leave until an amicable solution on the issue is reached.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Revenue bill impasse<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The council said that the law stipulates that revenue should continue to be disbursed under a particular revenue formula until such a time that new one has been approved to replace it.<\/p>\n<p>In this regard, the CoG argues that the second revenue formula, which was used in previous fiscal years ought to be used until a new one has been passed. \u00a0They are therefore calling on the National Treasury to disburse funds to the counties to remedy the situation.<\/p>\n<p>The council also accused the Senate of disregarding Supreme Court advisory which spells out legislative roles of Senate and National Assembly in approval of budgets. It is this role that the council warns senators that should they fail to fulfil it, then, a petitioner may file a suit to send them home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo this end, we hereby forewarn the Senate that a Petition for its dissolution can be initiated by any member of the public through the High Court as provided for under Article 258 of the Constitution,\u201d CoG said.<\/p>\n<p>Senators have been in and deadlock over the preferable revenue sharing formula. Voting on the\u00a0third basis formula, endorsed by President Uhuru Kenyatta, and fronted by the Majority Whip Senator Irungu Kangata, have been postponed severally over backlash.<\/p>\n<p>The formula has been judged by a section of senators as disadvantaging counties with lower population, while adding cash to the accounts of more populous counties, hence creating disparity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: Japheth Ogila AfricaPress-Kenya: The Council of Governors (CoG) have accused Senate Public Accounts and Investments Committee (CPAIC) of revisiting what they term as outdated audit queries to extort governors. In a statement issued by the council on Thursday, signed by the chair Governor Wycliffe Oparanya; the county chiefs have faulted the lawmakers for investigating [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":13831,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,8],"tags":[665,3369,666],"class_list":["post-13840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-homepage-english","tag-council-of-governors","tag-cpaic","tag-wycliffe-oparanya"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Governors accuse CPAIC of extortion, warn counties could close over cash crunch - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Council of Governors (CoG) have accused Senate Public Accounts and Investments Committee (CPAIC) of revisiting what they term as\" \/>\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\/community\/governors-accuse-cpaic-of-extortion-warn-counties-could-close-over-cash-crunch\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Governors accuse CPAIC of extortion, warn counties could close over cash crunch\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Council of Governors (CoG) have accused Senate Public Accounts and Investments Committee (CPAIC) of revisiting what they term as\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/governors-accuse-cpaic-of-extortion-warn-counties-could-close-over-cash-crunch\" \/>\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=\"2020-09-03T18:08:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2020\/09\/governors_fight_back5f50fb4ed98c5.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"709\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"444\" \/>\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=\"4 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\/community\/governors-accuse-cpaic-of-extortion-warn-counties-could-close-over-cash-crunch#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/governors-accuse-cpaic-of-extortion-warn-counties-could-close-over-cash-crunch\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Governors accuse CPAIC of extortion, warn counties could close over cash crunch\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-09-03T18:08:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/governors-accuse-cpaic-of-extortion-warn-counties-could-close-over-cash-crunch\"},\"wordCount\":716,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/governors-accuse-cpaic-of-extortion-warn-counties-could-close-over-cash-crunch#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2020\/09\/governors_fight_back5f50fb4ed98c5.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Council of Governors\",\"CPAIC\",\"Wycliffe Oparanya\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\",\"homepage-english\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/governors-accuse-cpaic-of-extortion-warn-counties-could-close-over-cash-crunch#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/governors-accuse-cpaic-of-extortion-warn-counties-could-close-over-cash-crunch\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/governors-accuse-cpaic-of-extortion-warn-counties-could-close-over-cash-crunch\",\"name\":\"Governors accuse CPAIC of extortion, warn counties could close over cash crunch - 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