Revenue debate: No county should lose, Ruto tells senators
Deputy president William Ruto chats with Endebess MP Robert Pukose and Mt Elgon's Fred Kapondi, during a meeting with community leaders and elders from the Mt Elgon region, at his Sugoi residence in Uasin Gishu County on August 21, 2020.
DP Ruto said that even though populous counties have to get more resources, marginalised ones should not register big losses.
For DP Ruto, there is nothing blocking the Senate from ensuring equity is attained through the revenue-sharing formula the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) proposed.
Debate on the revenue-sharing formula has intensified, with Dr Ruto’s allies in the Senate, led by Kipchumba Murkomen (Elgeyo Marakwet), opposing the formula as one county cannot gain for another to lose.
Deputy President William Ruto has once again waded into the contentious revenue-sharing formula, insisting that the Senate must come up with one that leave no county suffering.
Addressing grassroots leaders from Bungoma and Trans Nzoia counties at his Sugoi home in Uasin Gishu on Friday, DP Ruto said that even though populous counties have to get more resources, marginalised ones should not register big losses.
