The council of governors has called upon the National Treasury to disburse the Sh1.9 billion it owes to Marsabit County.
The COG chairman Martin Wambora said the council was utterly concerned with the status of disbursement of an equitable share of revenue to Marsabit county.
“We not that the disbursement of the county’s funds have been unjustifiable delayed notwithstanding. The zero cash balance in the County Revenue Fund account at the Central Bank,” he said.
Currently, the national treasury owes Marsabit sh1.9 billion for the months of April, May and June.
Expressing concern, the COG noted that Marsabit was the only county that never received any funds that were disbursed by the Treasury this month.
“In this regard, the council questions the reason for singling out the county during the disbursement of the April allocations to counties,” Wambora added.
The National Treasury has disbursed a total of sh329.8 billion to counties out of the total allocation of Sh370 billion for the FY 2022/2022.
The outstanding balance is sh40.2 billion which is as follows; Sh654.9 million owed to Marsabit county for April allocations, Sh9.9 billion owed to 16 counties for May allocations and Sh29.6 billion owed to 47 counties for June 2022.
The unwarranted delay of funds is said to have jeopardized the operations of the county as it is unable to pay salaries, and suppliers or continue to offer essential services to citizens.
This has caused undue unrest in the county as pending bills continue to increase.
The COG has therefore urged the national treasury to disburse the remaining funds to counties ahead of the two weeks timeline to the end of the Financial Year.
This will enable counties to clear their pending bills and plan for transition accordingly.
