Kenya devolved power and public spending to 47 counties in 2013. This was in line with a global trend in which governments were pushing power and resources down to local levels in the hope that ...

A few questions define devolution. For instance, what do counties do with the money they get from the national government or our taxes? Two, do they generate their own revenues? And three, what is the ...

Homa Bay Governor Gladys Wanga appending her signature to mark the launch of The Ugatuzi Wall in her office. [James Omoro, Standard] When Dennis Onsarigo, a proud son of Gusiiland and former Raila ...

The recent comedian and businessman Sammy Kioko dispute with Machakos County has once again exposed a dangerous but deeply entrenched problem within Kenya’s devolved governance system: counties ...

During a meeting with Kenyan governors, President William Ruto ordered the transfer of all pending budgets and functions that are still being held by the national government to counties. “This ...

Devolution increases the stakes locally and can also fuel tensions. Primaries in the ruling Jubilee Party and the NASA opposition. Since he bought a fleet of ambulances for the county, baby boys are ...

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 ...

When a patient walks into a health centre in Bomet or a dispensary in Lamu, they are entering a county facility. The nurse who takes their temperature is a county employee. The records system that ...

Beginning in 2013, Kenya’s devolution of fiscal and administrative power to county governments has begun to address some of the historical marginalisation of regions and ethnic groups not politically ...

A fresh row between Kenya’s lawmakers and governors has deepened tensions over who should control KSh10bn ($77m) earmarked for road repairs in their jurisdictions. Members of Parliament, whose major ...