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Impeachment craze bad for devolution

It might seem that these critical grassroots legislative units are yet to take up the spirit of devolution! Why? In the past few months several county assemblies have been theatres of political sectarianism. Their fervour to impeach could be evidence of a fierce competition for political control and influence. It might seem those in charge of devolution don’t share the same vision as wananchi.

The Kenyan Constitution elaborately presents the grassroots as the pride and joy of governance processes, in which it situates county assemblies as units of participatory democracy.

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