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 ...

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 Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i, who has declared interest in vying for the presidency under the Jubilee Party, on Tuesday intensified the party's grassroots reorganisation efforts by ...

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 ...

New constitutional provisions to enshrine the devolution of power would counter the old diktat from the centre. Each of the 47 counties could now expect a share of the national cake. The Division of ...

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 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, ...

Oscar Gakuo Mwangi does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

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 ...

The Constitution of Kenya 2010 provided for a new devolved system of government. The March 2013 General Election marked the beginning of devolution, which saw several key functions and resources ...