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Calls for county shutdown gain heat as cash crunch bites

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Council of Governors chair Anne Waiguru, Finance Committes Chairperson Governors Fernandes Barasa and other leaders. [File, Standard]

Governors are pushing for a total shutdown of counties to force the National Treasury to release funds to counties as a biting cash crunch threatens to bring vital operations to a halt.

As the wait continues, county workers claim they are barely surviving while others are contemplating quitting the workforce as they grapple with huge debts.

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