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Devolution blind spot: When counties are considered spenders, not growers

Council of Governors led by chairman Ahmed Abdullahi during a media briefing on Division of Revenue Allocation on May 19, 2025. [File, Standard]

As the previous article noted in its opening, we have an interesting ongoing debate around the extent to which leaders from Northern Kenya have “developed” their areas given the massive financial resources mostly available to them in the years since we got our 2010 Constitution.

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