Samburu becomes twelfth county assembly to pass BBI Bill

The Samburu County Assembly has overwhelmingly passed the BBI Bill, becoming the twelfth assembly in Kenya to do so.

Reports say all the MCAs voted unanimously in support of the bill on Monday afternoon.

According to the house, they passed the bill on account of the proposed revenue increment to counties from the current 15% to 35% under new amendments.

Vihiga, Nairobi and Laikipia passed the Bill on Thursday, becoming the ninth, tenth and eleventh county assemblies to do so.

In Nairobi, members of the assembly passed the Bill unanimously, with the 114 legislators present voting in its support.

And in Laikipia, the assembly became the first in the Mt. Kenya region to pass the bill with the legislators also voting unanimously in its support.

The Bill has also been rejected in one county so far; Baringo where MCAs rejected the Bill in a day riddled with drama and chaos.