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The governors argue that the proposed allocation of Sh405.1 billion falls short of the constitutional threshold and threatens to stall essential servi...
The Deputy Governors’ Caucus, led by Laikipia Deputy Governor Reuben Kamuri, said their offices lack defined functions, leaving them sidelined in the...
Of those admitted, 44,459 were in public facilities, despite Kiambu’s total bed capacity of only about 1,600.
The move follows outrage from doctors who say they are unable to access services despite monthly deductions.
The medics said they would not accept being moved to the counties under what they termed “stipend arrangements.”
The increase comes in the wake of the December 2024 gazettement that formalised the transfer of additional functions from the national to county gover...
Nairobi spent only 10.3 per cent of its budget on development, followed by Kisii at 13.7 per cent, Mombasa at 16.2 per cent, Kisumu at 17.5 per cent,...
Available documents show that roughly a third of the Sh300-Sh400 million allocated to the hospital’s projects has been released, yet details of the co...
During their visit to the county, Committee Chairperson Senator Mwenda Gataya from Tharaka Nithi led his team in expressing their concerns over what t...
Patients continue to experience long delays, and healthcare workers are burdened with inefficient manual systems.
Nyong'o said the ongoing spat between county governments and the national administration over the management of road funds reflects a calculated effor...
The report also highlights that county governments are under increased scrutiny over questionable spending on legal fees.
Among the resolutions are the acceleration of digital health system integration in counties, the distribution of essential medical devices, and the ab...
Raila accused MPs of frustrating devolution by holding onto functions that belong to the counties.
Auditor General Nancy Gathungu said the key projects, including the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) Paediatric Emergency and Burns Centre, the Kisii...
The transfer of assets related to the defunct local authorities and those tied to devolved functions remains incomplete, leaving counties unable to fu...
The governors threatened to suspend county operations in 14 days if the National Treasury did not restore Sh38.4 billion in diverted funds and release...
The governors said the Sh38.4 billion lost from additional allocations includes Sh24 billion meant for critical county projects in healthcare, agricul...
The CS suggested that the country may have to either go back to the eight provinces in the previous Constitution or have a maximum of 14 regions to ac...
Many of these projects were announced during President Ruto's development tours in response to public requests for improved infrastructure.
Nakuru now boasts a nominal Gross County Product (GCP) of Sh785.75 billion as of 2023, compared to Sh760.8 billion of Kiambu.
In the same rankings, Nairobi County, the country’s economic hub, posted the fifth-highest growth at 6.1 per cent, largely supported by an expanding f...
The facilities, which are supposed to provide basic health services, are severely understaffed, underfunded, and plagued by equipment shortages and fr...
Mkangi warns that the transfer of the functions should be cerebral, where devolution is optimally implemented the way Kenyans designed it.
He acknowledged the ongoing consultations between national and county governments to resolve the transfer of remaining functions.
According to President Ruto, its work is critical in addressing existing gaps in the recruitment, replacement, training, and retention of health worke...
Key resolutions from the meeting include fast-tracking the transfer and gazettement of devolved functions agreed upon by the national and county gover...
Ten counties, including Nairobi, Kisii, and Uasin Gishu, did not report any development expenditure during the period under review.
The President further urged counties to apply for the national government's commodities fund, noting that Kilifi could use the money to support the gr...
