As some 1,500 besuited international investors and government officials descended on Maanzoni Lodge in May for a two-day festival of PowerPoint briefings and executive networking, casual observers ...

Devolving power and resources from the centre to the counties was a key pillar of Kenya’s 2010 referendum vote. EPA/Dai Kurokawa It is five years since Kenya shifted from centralised control to ...

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 ...

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 third annual Devolution Conference, which will be held this week in Meru County, is a golden opportunity to assess the impact of devolution in Kenya. This year's theme is premised on the promise ...

Kenyans rally for a new constitution in 2010. The constitution guaranteed shared power and resources for 47 county governments. Reuters/Moses Eshiwani Kenya is three years into a bold experiment of ...

* Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. On August 27 Kenyans will be celebrating not just the promulgation of the new Constitution ...

WASHINGTON, March 15, 2016—The World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved an International Development Association* (IDA) credit of US$200 million to support Kenya’s devolution. This ...

The Kenyan government is finalizing the establishment of physical structures and manpower to facilitate the decentralization of health services in line with the provisions of the new constitution.