Kakamega County Governor Wycliffe Oparanya from the left, Paul Otsola, the county’s Executive Committee in charge of Treasury and Economic Planning, and another official during a press conference at Hotel Sirikwa in Eldoret Town on August 10, 2013. Oparanya dismissed reports in a section of the media claiming that Kakamega County would not receive funds from the national government, adding that the county’s 2013–2014 budget was approved.