Public reforms consultant Kithinji Kiragu has warned of tough economic times ahead due to county governments debts.
Kiragu said the newly elected leaders are inheriting huge debts in office and this will affect service delivery to Kenyans.
Kiragu, who is also the chairman of the Intergovernmental Relations Technical Committee, said for elected leaders to overturn the situation, they'll be required to unite and come up with the best initiatives for the benefit of Kenyans.
Kiragu, who was touring Central Kenya, told the Star on the phone on Sunday that there is a lot of work to be done by government leaders and that political differences should not hinder their delivery to the people.
"There's a lot of work to be done by the government no matter who takes office as the President. Leaders must get over the debts and that can only be done by united leaders committed to offering the best service to Kenyans," he said.
Kiragu said members of all legislative houses must all agree to pass important bills to benefit Kenyans.
In June, he said they were unable to complete the valuation of assets belonging to the 175 former local authorities inherited by the 47 county governments.
The Intergovernmental Relations Technical Committee said the valuation was halted by lack of Sh280 million needed to complete the exercise.
Kiragu said only 45 per cent of the assets had been valued by the time the drive stopped.
“We are asking for a budget of Sh280 million to address this across the levels of government [but] we have been reassured by the National Treasury that they will be giving us the money,” he said.
IGTRC, in collaboration with other state agencies, started valuing the properties on March 14, with the aim of completing it before the August 9 election.
The target was to hand over the properties and their values to the new county administrations after the elections.
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