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Agriculture and devolution: Time to close missing links

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Agriculture contributes about 20 per cent of Kenya’s gross domestic product (GDP) according to the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) 2023) and is a key employer in the rural areas. However, most people do not think they are employed by working on the farm.

Many dream of escaping the back-breaking farm work in the rural areas. Over 14 years after the promulgation of the new constitution, we can boldly ask if devolution has had dividends in agriculture.

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