Michelle D'Arcy receives funding from the Swedish Research Council. It is five years since Kenya shifted from centralised control to devolution in which 47 counties were given a free hand to set their ...

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 ...

Former President Mwai Kibaki leading nation in promulgating the 2010 Constitution at Uhuru Park. Left, then-Attorney General Amos Wako. August 27, 2010. [File, Standard] Devolution has been a ...

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 ...

Devolution is one of the most transformative changes in the 2010 Constitution. Article 174 of the Constitution provides that the key objectives of devolution include promoting social and economic ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Former President Mwai Kibaki leading nation in promulgating the 2010 Constitution at Uhuru ...

NAIROBI, February 4, 2015—Devolution and increased investment in infrastructure are improving Kenya’s prospects for growth and shared prosperity, says a new World Bank Group report released today. The ...

Kenya’s devolution is among the most ambitious in the world, transferring key functions and financing to an entirely new level of sub-national government Strengthening public participation is a key ...

Devolution increases the stakes locally and can also fuel tensions. Primaries in the ruling Jubilee Party and the NASA opposition. Devolution has transformed politics in Kenya, which goes to the polls ...

For many in the North, devolution has turned into disillusionment. Roads remain impassable, water scarcity is chronic, healthcare is crippled, education shattered and youth unemployment is staggering.