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Twelve years of graft: Little for development, a lot for thieves

Auditor General Nancy Gathungu when she appeared before the Senate County Public Investment and Special Funds Committee at Bunge Tower in Nairobi on September 04, 2024. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

Defiance of set rules, delayed implementation of development projects, high wage bills, massive irregularities, and misappropriation of funds by county governments are some of the major problems facing counties, rendering devolution a circus.

As counties converge for the 12th  Devolution Conference in Homa Bay, challenges of misuse and under-absorption of funds have refused to fade away.

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