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Meru County is staring at political collapse. Members of the County Assembly (MCAs) have twice impeached Governor Kawira Mwangaza. They have accused her of misgovernance and nepotism. The accusations have partially been inspired by misogyny. Senior politicians in the county are on record for having opposed Kawira simply because she is a woman who "lacks respect."
The resolution of the intra-elite conflict in Meru will have serious implications for the continued consolidation of devolution. The efficient secret of devolution is that it is supposed to facilitate self-governance at the grassroots. It is supposed to ensure that county governments' policy priority approximate, as much as possible, those of the people they govern.
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