Devolution working, let's strengthen it

NAIROBI: Devolution is one of the key pillars of the 2010 Constitution. In the previous centralised government, decisions were made in Nairobi by Government mandarins with little or no inkling of rural Kenya. That has changed quite remarkably.

But as with all things new, it has not been an easy run. Constant disagreements between the national and county governments over funding and functions have threatened to derail an otherwise good concept. There was also fear (rightly) that corruption, wastage and inefficiency and all the bad ways of the old would migrate to the county headquarters.