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Dare not reduce the number of counties

Proposals by Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria and others to bring down the prohibitive costs of governing the country make much sense except the bit about reducing the number of counties.

Kuria wants counties to be slashed from the current 47 to 18 while Mwingi Central legislator Joe Mutambu wants the devolved units reduced to 25.

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