Senators have initiated a scheme to engage the national government to expedite the transfer of assets worth billions of shillings from the national government to the devolved units.

This even as the lawmakers trained their guns on the Intergovernmental Relations Technical Committee (IGRTC) calling it “toothless “amid a long wait by counties to have devolved assets transferred to them, 12 years since the advent of devolution.

The development follows complaints by governors that they are yet to receive devolved assets from the national government with the IGRTC, charged with working on the transfer of both movable and immovable assets, failing to implement the same.

 Done little Senate County Public Investments and Special Funds chaired by Vihiga lawmaker Godfrey Osotsi said the delays in the transfer of the fixed assets is turning into a huge concern with Auditor-General Nancy Gathungu flagging counties over non-maintenance of fixed assets register.

“We are concerned about IGRTC on the transfer of assets. IGRTC is proving to be toothless on this matter. As the Council of Governors, you need to look for another way of dealing with this matter,” said Osotsi.

Since the passage of the 2010 Constitution, finalisation and transfer of assets relating to the defunct local authorities and those attached to the devolved function have remained pending for a long time.

According to Osotsi, the agency has done little as far as the transfers of the fixed assets are concerned only transferring some old or condemned movable assets like motorcycles while the other valuable assets are yet to be transferred.