Key reforms will boost county governments' performance

National Youth Council acting CEO Gloria Wawira, CoG chair Mutahi Kahiga, CoG CEO Mary Mwiti, Devolution Conference Steering Committee and other stakeholders unveil the Devolution Conference 2025 registration website, in Nairobi, on April 3, 2025. [David Gichuru, Standard] 

It is almost 15 years since Kenya promulgated the new Constitution that ushered in devolution. But despite the progress, continue to face significant challenges, negatively impacting their capacity to deliver devolved services.

At the core of these struggles include delayed disbursement of equitable share from the National Treasury, lower than expected collection in counties own source revenue, improper human resource management practices leading to high wage bill and bloated public service and pending bills accumulation leading to stalled projects.