The Senate Standing Committee on Finance and Budget chaired by Mandera Senator Ali Roba held a meeting with the Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury Prof. Njuguna Ndung`u this Wednesday to deliberate on the County Allocation Revenue Bill, 2023.

Prof. Njuguna told the committee that there is need to allocate 425 million shillings for the Library Services, a function that has now been transferred to counties.

The ministry further noted that there are only 33 counties that have Library services out of the 47 counties.

Members of the committee directed the Cabinet Secretary to come up with a structure that will help address the issue without attracting any legal battles.

In addition, the committee asked the Cabinet Secretary to submit a schedule on how the Equalization Fund will be disbursed to the counties in question with CS promising to submit the schedule in a week`s time.

The committee also held sessions with Mandera, Tana River, Wajir and Nairobi City Counties to deliberate on the Budget ceilings.

Other members in attendance were Sen. Dr. Boni Khalwale, Sen. Shakila Abdala, Sen. Mohamed Faki and Sen. Eddy Oketch.