As some 1,500 besuited international investors and government officials descended on Maanzoni Lodge in May for a two-day festival of PowerPoint briefings and executive networking, casual observers ...

Kenya introduced a devolved governance system in the 2010 Constitution with a laudable outlook and objectives: move power to the people; shrink marginalisation through development.Even without ...

Kenyan governors have been urged to use public resources prudently to achieve the objectives and dreams of devolution architect Dr Chrispin Odhiambo Mbai.Dr Mbai, a former University of Nairobi don, ...

The place to begin is Article 174 of the Constitution, which sets out the objectives of devolution. Looking at that Article and history (back to the CKRC) we can see that the main objectives were to: ...

There is a story that the governor of Machakos, in southern Kenya, loves to tell: Since he bought a fleet of ambulances for the county, baby boys are no longer named Mwanzia and girls are no longer ...

Kenya’s President Mwai Kibaki lifts up the country’s new constitution, which introduced devolution, on 27 August 2010. Tony Karumba/AFP via Getty Images Kenya devolved power and public spending to 47 ...

Devolving power and resources from the centre to the counties was a key pillar of Kenya’s 2010 referendum vote. EPA/Dai Kurokawa It is five years since Kenya shifted from centralised control to ...

The history of Northern Kenya and marginalisation goes as far back as the colonial days. The same trend used by colonisers has remained in play. Historical evidence points at a neglected, abandoned ...

LIMURU, Kenya (Reuters) - Kenya will launch a devolved system of government next year to try to hasten rural development, but many fear the main result will be to spread the chronic corruption that ...

Last week, Makueni County hosted Kenya’s seventh devolution conference. The broad thematic area was on multi-level governance for climate action. A key sub-theme of the conference was on lessons ...