For five decades after Kenya's independence, northern Kenya's political elite blamed the region’s underdevelopment on the central government’s failure to allocate adequate resources. Yet eight years...
In 2010 Kenya adopted a constitution that promised to address the daunting problem of ethno-regional economic discrimination. The Commission for Revenue Allocation was created to safeguard...
Since assuming office in 2013, Uhuru Kenyatta has done everything that he could possibly do to undermine the 2010 Constitution, and the politics of “one man,...
Despite various setbacks, devolution has produced tangible results and demonstrated that Kenyans are determined to have a form of governance that is responsive to people’s needs...
In part 2 of a conversation taped in August 2019 on the state of Kenya's economy and the key factors driving all discussions about it like...
The agriculture sector was one of the first to fully devolve service provision to the county governments, underscoring the importance of county governments' role in ensuring...
The Elephant in conversation with Kingwa Kamencu and Governor Kivutha Kibwana.
Patrick Gathara, from theElephant.info, speaks to Kawive Wambua, author, activist, governance specialist and former Makueni County Executive for Devolution and Public Service.
Views on devolution tend to be of two types. For some, devolution is the best thing since hotel buffets invented sliced ugali that you can eat...
