A new survey shows that Western Kenya remains a highly competitive political region despite the cooperation between the ...

The framers of the 2010 Constitution embedded devolution as a structural safeguard against the concentration of political and economic power. Articles 174 and 175 outline its goals—democratic ...

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 ...

In 2025, Kenya’s devolution journey entered its twelfth year with a blend of optimism, hard lessons, and renewed calls for a ...

In view of the above realities, the assessment proposes that TDF adopts eternal vigilance anchored in multi-agency and multi-level approach as a means of safeguarding the gains for the people of Kenya ...

Kenya: Kenya’s on-going devolution process has taken-off on a rocky start as many feared. The central government and the Senate have been engaged in incessant wrangles with the later accusing the ...

There are some functions of state that are best handled by national governments, others on a regional or local level. Certainly, federalism, or ugatuzi, is not "the easy way" to tackle political, ...

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 ...

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 ...