Subscribe Now »Like all audacious back-door political gambles, the Uhuru-Sonko deal was destined to be controversial. In 2016, the ministry developed and published one of the best public participation guidelines. Public participation must be “real, not illusory and ought not to be treated as a mere formality,” the policy states. Calling for public participation after a legal agreement has been signed is the first sign that public participation may be tokenistic. The second was the last-minute invitations and the rush to tick the public participation box in five days.

Source: Standard Digital March 07, 2020 06:45 UTC