The National Treasury has chopped allocation to the Equalisation Fund for a second time this financial year, pushing the arrears on the account past the Sh50 billion mark and dealing a blow to communities in marginalised areas of the country.
The Equalisation Fund is a creation of Article 204(7) of the Constitution to help uplift regions of the country that have previously been secluded from the national cake. The Constitution demands that 0.5 percent of the national government's annual revenue be specifically allocated to marginalised areas.
