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Kenya introduced devolution in 2010 premised on the need to address imbalances by promoting economic development and service delivery while giving the power of self-governance to the people. County governments were established in 2013. We are now in thet hird generation of county governments. What has changed? What is working and what is not working? Is devolution a dream or a reality? Who is governing devolution? Join the discussion by Prof. Karuti Kanyinga who will seek to answer these questions. Two leading experts in devolution will respond to the discussion: Prof.

Kenya’s 2010 Constitution: What has Changed? What is not Changing? Views from Afrobarometer Surveys. In 2010, Kenya adopted a devolved system of governance ande stablished 47 county governments. The main aim of this devolved governance system was to among other things improve governance, accountability, and strengthen Institutions for service delivery in Kenya. The new constitution, arguably, seeks to promote democratic governance and strengthen development for all. The broad question that we aim to answer is where are the successes and where are the failures if any?

The Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi (IDS) is the prime partner in a two-year research project that examines how decentralization impacts relations between citizens and the state and elites' incentives to provide public goods. The project is collaborative multi-regional research carried out by scholars from Sub-Saharan Africa (Kenya and Zimbabwe) and North Africa (Morocco and Tunisia).