Senate Majority whip Irungu Kang’ata has said the senate will on Tuesday endorse a proposal by the Commission on Revenue for the interest of the country.
The senator said the proposal will be deliberated in the senate for the last chance in the assembly . failure to which Mt Kenya region to reconsider their stand of Building Bridges Initiative (BBI).
Mt Kenya region will get an additional Sh3.1 billion if the proposal is endorsed by the assembly.
Speaking at Kiamara village in Kangema during distribution of relief food to the needy persons, Kang’ata said counties in Nyanza, Coast and Northern Kenya were rejecting the proposal which has been factored in the BBI.
He said the BBI the leaders purport to support calls, for sharing of the resources based on population and not geographical area.
“If you support BBI you should also be part of the proposal on the revenue sharing formula, if there is no sinister motive,” he said.
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