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Chiefs still rule the roost 12 years after adoption of devolved system

Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi addresses chiefs and Assistants at Nyakach in Kisumu County on December 16, 2021. [Sammy Omingo, Standard]

Nearly 12 years after adopting a devolved system of governance, a ghost of the past in form of the Provincial Administration (PA) sits on the path to the complete actualisation of devolution.

Historically, the colonial and post-colonial era governments had the provincial administration system to maintain order, prevent crime, health and environmental protection among other duties the Head of State deemed fit.

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