The People Saturday
Date: 17.08.2013
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Jubilee devolution game
also practised in US, Britain
THE holiest talk today in
Kenya is devolution. Devo­
lution of functions, services
good for wholesome gov­
ernance
Why are we trying to
and funds.
reinvent the wheel? When
Therefore, everybody
wants to micro­manage this
devolution thing.
There are people blaming
the Republicans are in
power in the US, devolu­
tion is at its peak, however,
when Democrats take over,
the current administration
centralisation returns. The
for "plotting" to sabotage
same goes for the Britons,
devolution. What is the cen­ the Conservatives consoli­
tre supposed to do? Simply
date power to the captains
be happy to render itself
of industries and the La­
irrelevant? There is nothing
bour party liberates it back
to the working class.
wrong for people wanting
to conUol others because
Therefore, with the
people also love to be eon­
current Constitution bor­
trolled.
rowed from the west, if
The only catch is that diey Jubilee is the equivalent of
the Democrats of the US
like being controlled fay
super excellence, dierefore, and the Conservative Party
in the politics of conUol,
of the LIK hence want to
there must be a time when
keep power, it is normal,
the climate is mosdy liberal
let Cord wait for 2017 and
and devolution made to
succeed, then another time
devolve power. This is
normal practice as long as
when consolidation is the
there is development.
climate and central isation
allowed to thrive. Both are
Edwin Libasa,
Busia.
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