Historically marginalisedSending more resources to historically marginalised regions has always been at the heart of devolution. And victory here would embolden them to want to claw back other gains — like abolishing the CDF or transferring county development responsibilities to, say, county commissioners. Proponents claim that, despite receiving billions of shillings, marginalised counties have not made tangible progress towards poverty alleviation, and that this is deliberate. The push to defund these counties because they “have not demonstrated prudent use of it is patently disingenuous. It is as ridiculous as a call to defund Kiambu, Nairobi and Kirinyaga counties because of their alleged corruption and mismanagement of devolved resources.

Source: Daily Nation August 10, 2020 20:46 UTC