Rank: Elder Joined: 7/1/2011 Posts: 8,804 Location: Nairobi
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murchr wrote:tycho wrote:murchr wrote:thuks wrote:tycho wrote:All politics is about sharing power. But to make the sharing of power among a few individuals is the big mistake that we are making. Wanjiku needs some real power too. So far, we know the vote is a lie. So we must go beyond voting rights. Yes, that reality was coldly served on 1 Sep 2017: numbers don't matter movement The constitution shared power with 47 governors. Kenya has 47m people and with a rate of arround 1m new entrants per year. Yet, no county can sustain itself without aid from the central government. That by itself kills all reality of devolved power. The devolved govts should foster to being self sufficient, it may never happen entirely but a bigger % of their budget should be self funded, and decisions self determined. Even the states in the US have a % of their funding coming from the Federal govt. As Masukush says, this conversation is pointless but as far as power sharing is concerned the governor who has got it right is Nanok and to some extend Mutua, the others are suffering from what Chebukati is suffering from, not realizing the power bestowed unto them. By the way, Amazon intends to build a 2nd headquarters, all governors should have noted how the states went on bidding to host it. Will we ever see counties bidding to host companies? Bragging about infrastructure and all amenities to a good life? Self sufficiency is a mental-spiritual condition. Power isn't about money, money is used by power.
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