Kenyans know who’s eating their money

Mohamed Guleid

NAIROBI: One of the most significant changes outlined in the 2010 Constitution is devolution. The primary objective of devolution was to delegate power, transfer resources, and provide for extensive representation down to the grassroots level.
This was revolutionary in many ways because the transformation in the governance landscape across the country is profound.

For long, many had romanticised about the prospects offered by a devolved system of government; that the county governments would be an uplifting departure from the defunct local governments best remembered for their inertia, rot and wasteful spending of public resources; that it would spur competition in trade and commerce, education, better infrastructure and job opportunities.