Senators have supported the Kshs 415 billion equitable share allocation for counties for the 2025/26 financial year as they considered the mediated version of the Division of Revenue Bill.
The approval followed a special sitting, convened to dispense with the matter termed the allocation progressive as it was an addition of Kshs 28 billion from Kshs 387 billion this financial year. The senators however stressed the need for devolved units to improve on own source revenue generation.
On Friday, senators were forced to interrupt their short recess to consider the mediated version of the Division of Revenue Bill 2025 that will see the 47 counties share among themselves 415bn shillings.
While Senators were pushing for Kshs 465 billion,a mediation committee brought the standoff to a consensus adding Kshs 28 billion from 2024/25 financial year allocation Senators however castigated counties for wastage of resources and urged them to focus on own revenue generation.
“We may have wanted to give our counties much more than Kshs415 billion, but we must appreciate that we are getting Kshs415 billion from Kshs387 billion.” said Sen Hon. Nyutu, Senator for Murang’a County
Counties were also put on the spot for their failure to clear pending bills. The sitting which came hot on the heels of Wednesday’s Gen-Z protests, saw senators condemn the chaos but also urge the government to listen to the youth.
The Senate is expected to resume regular business on July 8 after the short recess. In the meantime, the passage of the Division of Revenue Bill now paves the way for the preparation of the County Allocation of Revenue Bill and subsequent disbursements.
