This archive report was first published on 13 August 2019.
Published on August 13, 2019, the Council of Governors has resolved to alter the yearly calendar of events with the Kenya Inter-Counties Sports and Cultural Association (Kicosca) games set to be moved from August to October.
The decision comes as a result of the financial crunch faced by the counties following the spat over the Division of Revenue Bill which has set the counties and Senate on one side and the national assembly on the other.
Counties are yet to receive money from the exchequer in the current financial year and have not paid their employees and suppliers, paralyzing operations.
“Counties have over the years experienced problems in supporting their participants financially in the games with the problem persisting in the current event,” said Wycliff Oparanya, the Council of Governors chairman, when he opened this year’s games in Kericho on Monday.
He called on the Kenya Inter Counties Sports and Cultural Association (Kicosca) to realign its calendar of events.
Most Kicosca competitors have not been paid allowances by their respective counties, forcing them to use their own money with the hope that they will be reimbursed.
“It is unfortunate that the players have been forced to dig into their pockets and fund an event that is the responsibility of the employer,” Andrew Sigilai, the Bomet branch secretary of the Kenya County Governments Workers Union, said yesterday.
