President Uhuru Kenyatta gives more powers to county commissioners

President Uhuru Kenyatta with county administrators at the Kenya School of Government in Nairobi Thursday, when he assigned them controversial new duties meant to strengthen their role of co-ordinating the functions of national Government in the counties. [Photo: Mbugua Kibera/Standard]

By Rawlings Otieno and Felix Olick

Nairobi, Kenya: The group picture of President Uhuru Kenyatta with officers of Government formerly called provincial administrators donning their formal gear of days gone by symbolising serikali (Government) stands out.