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Devolution: So much to celebrate

Kenya: The Devolution Conference gets underway in Mombasa Wednesday. Looking back, there is so much to celebrate over the devolved system.

Despite the initial teething problems, for millions, life will never be the same again. In the past, new dawns have signaled false beginnings. Transitioning from a centralised system of government where development funds were distributed at the whims of mandarins at the Treasury to one where all have an equal access to the money, one senses a really new dawn.

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