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Let's get this about devolution:
Devolution is not the national government giving counties money. It is the constitution dividing money between both levels of government.

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10 years on, both county and national levels of government fail to come to terms with Article 6 (2) of the Constitution which provides that the governments at county and national levels are DISTINCT and Interdependent. Both levels of government are creatures of the Constitution.
Neither level created the other. There is no power hierarchy but levels. It is the failure to appreciate this fact that makes county governments look up to national government as the big mama, the national government in turn looks down at county governments as it's children.
This miscomprehension re-enforces the idea of central and local government, which are completely defunct.
The Media seals it when they consistently refer to the national government as 'serikali kuu' in Kiswahili.
The centralist mindset is happy to push this fallacy but we must all fight it.Governors need to push for more say in the appointment and running of shared institutions.The National Treasury, Office of Controller of Budget and Office of Auditor General are all shared institutions.
I need not say that we don't have to change the constitution to make this work as Mheshimiwa @Mpzuleikahassan, who I respect, wrongly stated yesterday. All we need to do is #TekelezaKatiba!

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