{"id":4564,"date":"2020-03-20T15:42:06","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T15:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=4564"},"modified":"2020-03-20T15:42:06","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T15:42:06","slug":"mps-okay-sh316-billion-county-allocation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/mps-okay-sh316-billion-county-allocation","title":{"rendered":"MPs okay Sh316 billion county allocation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> The National Assembly has approved the Division of Revenue Bill that will now unlock Sh316 billion to be shared among devolved units.<\/p>\n<p>By passing the Bill, MPs avoided another clash with the Senate over the amount of money to be allocated to the county governments.However, the House, which took an early Easter recess on Tuesday following the Corona virus outbreak, cautioned that this allocation would depend on how the economy reacts to the effects of the pandemic. MPs warned that if the economy is adversely affected and the set revenue projections not met, the figure could be slashed.<\/p>\n<p>The Division of Revenue Bill, which divides allocation between the national and county governments, has remained a contentious issue between the two Houses, often resulting in mediation.<\/p>\n<p>Last year counties were for some months sent on cash crunch and had to be sustained under emergency secondary provisions after the two Houses failed to agree even at the mediation, resulting in loss of the Bill.Last Thursday Majority Leader Aden Duale asked the House to lower the figure, arguing that revenue collection projections were likely not to be met, as the economy was already doing badly. He said the situation had been worsened by the effects of the coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCounties must rise to the occasion and be prepared for budget cuts, which are not only going to face them but also all other government departments and agencies. There is no need for us to allocate the Sh316 billion when we are well aware that it will not be possible for our economy to sustain this,\u201d argued Duale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AfricaPress-Kenya: The National Assembly has approved the Division of Revenue Bill that will now unlock Sh316 billion to be shared among devolved units. By passing the Bill, MPs avoided another clash with the Senate over the amount of money to be allocated to the county governments.However, the House, which took an early Easter recess on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":4565,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,12],"tags":[2449,1201,2448,2450],"class_list":["post-4564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","tag-counties-fund","tag-devolution","tag-division-of-revenue-bill","tag-revenue-allocation"],"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>MPs okay Sh316 billion county allocation - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The National Assembly has approved the Division of Revenue Bill that will now unlock Sh316 billion to be shared among devolved units.\" \/>\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\/mps-okay-sh316-billion-county-allocation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MPs okay Sh316 billion county allocation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The National Assembly has approved the Division of Revenue Bill that will now unlock Sh316 billion to be shared among devolved units.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/mps-okay-sh316-billion-county-allocation\" \/>\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=\"2020-03-20T15:42:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/28\/2020\/03\/hwxmrebixcpajwvsl5e7272087e0a9.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\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=\"1 minute\" \/>\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\/mps-okay-sh316-billion-county-allocation#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/mps-okay-sh316-billion-county-allocation\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"MPs okay Sh316 billion county allocation\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-03-20T15:42:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/mps-okay-sh316-billion-county-allocation\"},\"wordCount\":272,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/mps-okay-sh316-billion-county-allocation#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/28\/2020\/03\/hwxmrebixcpajwvsl5e7272087e0a9.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Counties fund\",\"Devolution\",\"Division of Revenue Bill\",\"Revenue allocation\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/mps-okay-sh316-billion-county-allocation#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/mps-okay-sh316-billion-county-allocation\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/mps-okay-sh316-billion-county-allocation\",\"name\":\"MPs okay Sh316 billion county allocation - 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