The Council of Governors (COG) has accused President William Ruto's administration of waging a covert war against devolution.
The Governors say steep budget cuts and delayed disbursements are designed to strangle the county governments financially.
They have threatened to halt county services countrywide unless the National Treasury reverses its decision to divert Sh38 billion from their allocations.
This standoff has reignited tensions between Kenya's national and county governments, raising fears that the devolution framework, a hard-won achievement of the 2010 Constitution, is under threat.
