{
  "id": 13127501,
  "title": "Kalonzo pledges to raise county funding to 35% if elected president",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/kalonzo-pledges-to-raise-county-funding-to-35-if-elected-president",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-09T13:26:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
    "slug": "people-daily-kenya",
    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/inside-politics/kalonzo-pledges-to-raise-county-funding-to-35-if-elected-president"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Wiper Patriotic Front leader Kalonzo Musyoka has pledged to increase the share of national revenue allocated to county governments from the constitutional minimum of 15 per cent to 35 per cent if he wins the presidency in the 2027 General Election. Kalonzo made the pledge on Friday, October 9, 2026, during an Economic Empowerment Equipment […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}