Nine years after onset of devolution, nothing much has changed

Polarisation has long been a feature of Kenyan politics; where ethnic, religious, and other identity based divisions have driven episodic violence, especially around the period of elections.

In 2010, in an effort to address tensions, the national government set out a plan to devolve power to 47 newly designated governance units known as counties. Nine years on, has devolution delivered on its promise of peace and inclusion?