MPs are planning to alter the Jubilee government's maiden budget to allocate more resources to the county governments. The lawmakers are today expected to move a motion to give the 47 counties an additional Sh32.4 billion. The changes to the budget will be made when the House is finalizing business on the Division of Revenue Bill, 2013 whose debate started yesterday. The National Treasury allocated Sh198.7 billion to the counties in the budget. However, MPs argued that this was contrary to the recommendation of the Commission on Revenue Allocation which had proposed that Sh231.1 billion be...
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