Amid all the noise, let devolution be protected

NAIROBI, KENYA: Inequitable distribution of national resources has been independent Kenya’s thorn in the flesh for decades and often fuelled political antagonism. It was in the front line of the agitation of a new constitutional order and it is no surprise that devolution became one of the hallmarks of our new Constitution.

Devolution and the creation of county governments was meant to correct the wrongs of our founding fathers who despite a clear need for fair distribution of wealth, conspired to kill the noble idea as mooted in the Lancaster Conference constitution by killing the Senate in 1966.