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For devolution to have impact leaders must live in counties

Back in the 1960s, Mzee Jomo Kenyatta noticed that MPs, excluding ministers, spent most of their time in Nairobi, stepping in rural constituencies once in a while. The people were not receiving expected help from their leaders.

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