County workers and contractors could soon smile al the way to the bank after a mediation committee, consisting of members of the Senate and the National Assembly, agreed on a Ksh415 billion county equitable share allocation, ending a long-standing stalemate.
This comes two weeks after the National Assembly rejected the Senate's amendment of the proposed Ksh405 billion allocation for counties, raising it to a whopping Ksh465 billion.
In a statement on Wednesday, June 18, Parliament announced that this agreement had been met following back-to-back meetings of the committee.
The crucial decision came after the fourth meeting of the Mediation Committee on the Division of Revenue Bill, tasked with reaching a compromise after the two houses failed to reach a consensus.
