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Despair pushing us to breaking point

Every time I think we are on the right track with the Constitution, we take a direction that makes me question the wisdom of devolving governance.

Kenya's 47 elected senators have for a while been pushing for a Sh1 billion allocation to monitor and evaluate how governors are managing counties. Apparently, the Treasury CS has now gone ahead and agreed to allocate Sh300m for what is left of this financial year, subject to approval by the National Assembly.

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