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Council of Governors given Sh1bn from county funds
Meru Governor, also the Council of Governors chairman Peter Munya (right) and Namibian Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa at Meru National Polytechnic during the opening of the third annual Devolution Conference on April 20, 2016. PHOTO | PHOEBE OKALL | NATION MEDIA GROUP
What you need to know:
The payments by the county governments were deemed illegal.
Regions considered hardship areas have been paying the most to fund the council.
Total remittances by the counties came to Sh998.5 million.
Revelations that governors have been financing their council using funds allocated to counties Wednesday evening caused an uproar in Parliament, with claims that the county bosses have spent the close to Sh1 billion over three years illegally.
Members of Parliament accused the county bosses of misappropriating money meant for funding government expenditure by sending it back to Nairobi to finance the activities of the Council of Governors grouping.
