ADVERTISEMENT Siaya County Assembly Speaker George Okode hosted a pivotal courtesy call from the committee tasked with overseeing the implementation of the 10-point agenda and the National Dialogue Committee (NADCO) Report, marking a crucial step in Kenya’s ongoing quest to fortify devolution and refine its governance architecture. Led by Vice Chair Javas Bigambo, the team delivered a progress update on their mandate while actively soliciting insights from the County Assembly on translating these high-level commitments into tangible realities at the grassroots level.
This engagement, enriched by the presence of fellow County Assembly members, zeroed in on core pillars like bolstering devolution through anti-corruption measures, securing full financial autonomy for County Assemblies, ramping up county allocations, and realigning the financing of devolved functions with the letter and spirit of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010, and attendant statutes. As the team prepares to extend this dialogue to the public at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University later today, this meeting underscores not just procedural courtesy but a clarion call for renewed vigor in addressing the fractures that have long undermined Kenya’s devolved system—a system birthed from the ashes of centralized tyranny to empower local communities, yet perpetually hobbled by national-level encroachments and fiscal manipulations.
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