Failures of counties killing the devolution promise

While it is tempting to enter into the IEBC fray, I must first complete my overview of devolution by outlining some of the major failures of devolved governments in their short life span. Let me be clear, what I am discussing is not the failure of devolution, but of devolved governments. These terms must not be used interchangeably, especially because we as citizens can change devolved governments to improve devolution.

Secondly, what I am describing are general failures exhibited in a significant number of county governments. They do not necessarily reflect the experience of each County; ideally, each should be assessed separately. What then have been the significant challenges of these governments? One of the major reasons for devolution was to eliminate exclusion. While devolution has reduced this at the national level, the exclusion tree is flourishing in many Counties.