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Regional governments a ploy to hand power to individuals

Devolution Cabinet Secretary Eugene Wamalwa

Away from scandalous jokes, the message from the governors’ jamboree in Kakamega is that plans are afoot to dilute devolution and bloat the Executive. It does not end there. The plans seek to restore the old constitutional order, as far as possible.

The essence of this message was often drowned in spicy bedroom jokes and sundry anecdotes calculated to be diversionary.

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