County governments will continue to spend billions on legal fees after the senators declined to bar them from seeking the services of external law firms.
However, the lawmakers
have advised the devolved units to outsource legal services only for ‘complex
or specialised’ cases, which the internal legal department cannot handle.
The revelations are
contained in a report by the joint Senate, Justice and Legal Affairs and
Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations Committee tabled in the House last
week.
