This archive report was first published on 8 August 2020.
On August 8, 2020, the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) weighed in on the contentious debate surrounding the revenue formula for counties, advocating for an equitable distribution of funds.
The Commission's Programs Manager, Diana Gichengo, emphasized that revenue should be shared equitably, regardless of population, to ensure development across the country.
"One man one shilling is a dishonest attempt to entice people into supporting the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) without considering the counties that would lose money under this formula," Gichengo said at a news conference.
She further accused proponents of the one-man-one-shilling formula of using it as a means to dupe Kenyans into accepting the Building Bridges Report and proposed amendments that would erode the gains made in the Constitution.
The Senate had previously failed to approve the third-generation basis formula on revenue sharing among counties for the seventh time, with 34 Senators voting in favor of an adjournment motion and 26 voting against.
At least 19 counties would have lost billions of shillings in budgetary allocations under the proposed formula, with Mandera county set to be the biggest casualty, losing Sh2 billion.
