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Governors warn of shutdown over cash crunch

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Kakamega Governor Fernandes Barasa flagging off county ambulances to 12 Sub-counties at Kakamega referral hospital on August 5, 2024. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]

A crisis is looming in counties over the delayed disbursement of the Sh90 billion equitable shareable revenue with governors warning of dire consequences that critical operations will be soon paralysed.

This comes amid threats by the county workers' union that they will down tools if the county governments fail to meet their demands of offsetting some of the salary arrears because of persistent cash crunch.

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