The council of governors have welcomed the resolution by the mediation committee of both the National assembly and the Senate to allocate 415 billion shillings as division of revenue allocation to the counties
The COG finance committee chair Kakamega governor Fernandes Barasa says the amount is better compared to the allocation that had been arrived at by national assembly.
“I want to announce today that at least there’s some white smoke on the D.O.R.A 2025/26 where the National Assembly committee members and the Senate mediation team have agreed on a middle ground of 415 Billion shillings.” He announced.
National assembly had settled on 405 billion shillings while the senate recommended 465 billion shillings necessitating the mediation
“Through my committee, we were pushing for 536 billion Kenya shillings, the Senate, through the Finance Committee, they had settled on 465B, as per the budget policy statement in the National Assembly, was 405 way below our expectation.”
However Machakos Deputy Governor Francis Mwangangi has castigated the 415 billion shillings allocations as a mockery to devolution saying it falls far below the projected amount.
He said the two Houses of Parliament should have risen above political influence to allocate counties what is rightfully theirs as a goodwill gesture to strengthen and deepen devolution.
Mwangangi argued that the minimum allocation to counties should have been at least Sh2 trillion out of the country’s total budget of Sh4.2 trillion.
“Otherwise, such a trend will only cripple county governments and deny Kenyans what is due to them,” he said, reiterating that the move was undermining devoluti
On the ongoing women empowerment programmes in the country, Mwangangi dismissed them as a waste of public resources, claiming their intent was to manipulate Kenyans politically.
“Such funds should be channelled appropriately to serve their true purpose, not used through backdoor schemes,” he said, insisting that Kenyans should not be reduced to receiving what he termed as handouts.