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Wamatangi wants revenue allocation reviewed

What you need to know:

  • The formula, he says, should largely operate like how counties with rich resources get a share of the proceeds.
  • He gave the example of Turkana County which will be benefiting from a certain percentage of the revenue fetched by oil.
  • He said Nairobi, Kiambu, Mombasa, Nakuru, most counties in Mount Kenya contribute a lot owing to their economic activities.

A senator has proposed that counties which are major revenue contributors, be rewarded with at least 10 per cent of the revenue contributed by their respective citizens to boost annual allocations and also motivate the dwellers to generate more revenue.

Kiambu Senator Kimani Wamatangi said that the parameters currently being used to distribute resource disadvantage counties which contribute huge revenues, saying they get the lowest allocation that is hardly enough to meet their needs.