Devolved government and local governance in Kenya: implementing decentralization underpinned by the 2010 Constitution

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Title:	Devolved government and local governance in Kenya: implementing decentralization underpinned by the 2010 Constitution
Author:	Hope (Sr), Kempe Ronald
Year:	2014
Periodical:	African and Asian Studies (ISSN 1569-2094)
Volume:	13
Issue:	3
Pages:	338-358
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Kenya
Subjects:	government decentralization local government constitutions 2010
External link:	https://doi.org/10.1163/15692108-12341302
Abstract:	This work sets out the structure and potential benefits of decentralized government in Kenya and, against that background, advocates, provides justification for, and recommends a program of actions to build the required framework and institutions to underpin and support the devolved government structures that the 2010 constitution proposes for improving local and, consequently, national governance in the country. The potential benefits from devolved government are analyzed with critical examples drawing from Kenya's current economic and political environment. Against that background, a program of actions is advocated and discussed to derive those benefits, as well as in accordance with the objectives and principles of devolved government spelled out in the 2010 constitution. Bibliogr., sum. [Journal abstract]