Little is ever told of the success stories of once forgotten counties

For devolution skeptics, a trip to the northern part of Kenya is a must do. Every time I have travelled to the former “North Frontier Districts,” I have come back to “Down Kenya,” as it is so aptly called, hopeful for devolution and for Kenya generally. Since its introduction in Kenya in 2010, the devolution stories that have tended to grace front pages is wasteful “bench marking trips” by MCAs and the numerous reports of graft in what is now named the “devolution of corruption.” Little is ever told of the many success stories, particularly of places once forgotten which have got a new lease of life, of hopeful people who no longer have to traverse miles for a hospital bed. Little is shared of increased transparency in counties where citizens can demand accountability from a government that lives in their neighbourhood.

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