You notice that before the current constitution, there were many attempts towards decentralizing governance and service delivery in Kenya without success. 4 of 1975 on ‘Economic Prospects and Policies’ laid emphasis on Government’s commitment to rural development’. This is the thinking around the creation of the equalization fund in the current constitution that has been frustrated. The structures for people centered development through national and county government structures are present, and are the legitimate ways of getting the country out of the current mess. Parallel and informal approaches to economic development of the country might be too costly even as they promise to provide quick solutions to the challenges the country is deeply entrenched into.

Source: The Star August 03, 2021 07:07 UTC