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Why devolution in Kenya is reversing the brain drain

In the past, county councils were famous as repositories of uneducated or pseudo educated men and women.

The media made lots of jokes about kanjoras (councillors) and their uncouth behaviour. Few derived pride working in the county councils except when grabbing plots. The 2010 constitution brought in devolution and that changed the status of the county councils, and their work force.

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