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Kibwana: Why Makueni is best example that devolution works

Makueni Governor Prof. Kivutha Kibwana at the milk processing at Kikima [Dennis Okeyo| Standard]

The first time I met Kivutha Kibwana he was at Mama Mutinda’s, an assemblage of tin roofed, concrete floored structures dotted with blue plastic chairs and low tables.

Almost everyone at Ma­­­ma Mutinda’s, including the professor had a chapatti on one hand and a cup of tea either on the table, their laps or lips. Some patrons preferred fried eggs with steaming Ugali, others a bowl of scalding hot bone soup. It was only 8am. ­­

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