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Kenyan leaders should cultivate mutual trust

By The Standard | 7yrs ago

NAIROBI: Governors are upbeat the concept of devolution is actually working and could be made to deliver more. Yet, as they say, there is a catch. The county chiefs are not satisfied with the manner and the amount of funds set aside for devolution.

There is no love lost between the national and county governments and on many occasions where shortcomings have come to the public’s attention, buck passing has taken centre-stage.

On the apparent poor state of health services, governors point fingers at the national government, which has failed to remit Sh900 million for all level five hospitals across the country. Maternal health has been floundering because the national government has not disbursed Sh2.7 billion to make free maternity services a reality.

The chairman of the governor’s council announced at last week’s Governors State of Devolution address that a total of 45 per cent of the previous year’s revenue collection must be remitted to counties even as he took issue with the fact that counties will only receive only 21.9 per cent of the collected Sh1.4 trillion.

For devolution to fully take flight, a level of mutual trust between the two tiers of Government must be cultivated. A review of county allocations should be aligned to the needs of the people.

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