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The 8th Devolution Conference which was held from August 15 to 19, 2023 at Eldoret Sports club in Uasin Gishu county came to a close with governors coming up with a raft of resolutions in a bid to ensure devolution achieves its objective.

Among others, the governors resolved that both levels of Government, Development Partners and the Private Sector shall in all sectors, synergise their efforts and adopt a coordinated approach to partnerships and implementation of projects and programs to avoid multiplicity of efforts.

“County governments shall also support adoption and scaling up of creative solutions by providing a conducive environment and incubation centres through budgetary allocation and technical support,” said the Co-Chair of the First Bi-annual Devolution Conference and Vice Chair of the Council of Governors Ahmed Abdullahi (pictured).

The conference also resolved that both levels of government shall review the legislative framework to enhance the autonomy of County Assemblies to strengthen their oversight role.

“The National government shall create a policy framework for anchoring digitisation to support operationalisation of programs in all sectors including health, agriculture, trade and blue economy,” read the Governors’ resolutions.

The conference also resolved that both levels of government shall ensure proper coordination between the ICT departments to ensure full automation of supportive departments such as security, energy, water and transport among others.

Supportive policies

“County Governments shall enhance their own source revenue through supportive policies and automation of systems in order to enhance transparency in revenue collection,” resolved the county bosses.

According to the governors, both levels of Government shall enhance and sustain performance management as a tool for strengthening effective service delivery.

The Governor also resolved that both levels of government shall explore entrenching division of revenue between the National and County Governments on the projected budget for the year, as opposed to using the last audited accounts.