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TAKING STOCK OF DEVOLUTION IN KENYA: FROM THE 2010 CONSTITUTION, THROUGH TWO ELECTION CYCLES, TO THE BBI PROCESS
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Taking Stock of Devolution in Kenya: From the 2010 Constitution, Through Two Election Cycles, to the BBI Process examines the devolved system of governance in Kenya in retrospect with specific reference to constitutional, governance, and policy debates as well as experiences in the 47 counties. Its scope falls within the 2010 Constitution, through two election cycles, in 2013 and again in 2017, up to the changes proposed by the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI), and the ramifications that all these issues, events, and processes portend for the future of devolution in Kenya.
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