Devolution is changing people’s lives in a big way

Devolution Cabinet Secretary Eugene Wamalwa [Collins Oduor, Standard]

Eight years into devolution, counties continue to implement high impact projects with a view to improving socio-economic wellbeing of citizens while changing the physical and social features of Kenya’s landscape. The projects undertaken with resources from the consolidated fund and in partnership with others have provided real meaning.

Devolution is working. This statement was recently underscored by the Cabinet Secretary for Devolution, Arid and Semi-Arid Lands, Eugene Wamalwa, while opening a series of projects in Siaya County, built to standards, using modest resources and of high impact to residents. The Ambira Hospital Maternity Wing, the county government headquarters, the 300 bed capacity Covid-19 isolation centres spread across the county, the Ahindi and Siaya Governor’s recreation parks are just but a tip of the various life changing programmes we have undertaken together with partners like the National Government and the World Bank.