As the World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial talks start in Nairobi on Tuesday, governors are demanding a role in the discussions, saying some issues on the agenda directly affect counties.
They have cited deals on agriculture, which falls under them, saying any agreement on the sector will affect the counties.
Some of the issues that the county bosses hope will be addressed during the WTO meeting include value addition to some crops like tea, coffee and horticultural products, arguing that they are currently sold while raw and are therefore of very low value.
Through the chairman of agriculture in the Council of Governors, Mr Nderitu Gachagua, they said that any intervention that would support direct value addition by farmers would go a long way in improving their income.
Mr Gachagua said that since independence, successive governments had not allocated enough money to agriculture and irrigation.
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