Governors and State's uneasy dalliance in full show at devolution conference

The absence of President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto at the annual devolution conference has become a talking point, and has been read in some quarters as symptomatic of the strained relationship between governors and the Executive.

Even though the national government’s primary representative at the conference was Devolution Cabinet Secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri, who insisted that the Presidency was well represented at the forum, the CS struck an odd pose at the conference that ended on Friday.