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County governments undermining devolution

NAIROBI: The scandal of Nandi Governor Cleophas Lagat attending the launch of a ghost project illustrates how counties flout devolution laws.

According to The Standard of January 28, 2016, Governor Lagat suffered the humiliation when he went to launch Chemundu Water Tank. He was to launch a tank was built by a contractor at a cost of Sh4.5 million, only to learn that it was a water reservoir erected in 1975.

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