Court: MPs cannot access CDF without passing law to allocate counties money

THE STANDARD
By
Kamau Muthoni |
December 13th 2020 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
Othaya MP Gichuki Mugambi (second left) flanked by CDF Chair Dr Muthoga Ngera (from left) and others. [Standard]
MPs have been barred from accessing the Constituency Development Fund without consensus with the Senate on the amount counties ought to get each financial year.
In a verdict that now places a noose on MPs’ necks, High Court judges Jairus Ngaah, Anthony Ndung'u and Teresiah Matheka declared that it is illegal for MPs to get CDF unless the Division of Revenue Bill is passed by the two Houses.
“In the absence of the Division of Revenue Bill, no monies can be allocated to the constituencies under the National Government Constituency Development Fund by virtue of Section 4 of the NGCDF 2015 Act and any monies allocated and spent have been allocated in an illegal manner,” the court ruled.

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