County governments are moving with speed to control rampant development of illegal buildings and infrastructures in their regions by setting up fully equipped Geographical Information Systems labs.

However, many counties have reportedly defaulted on debts to Kenya Medical Supplies Agency. For instance, most hospitals in Nairobi lack medicine because the county owes the supplier Sh120 million.

There are new sheriffs in town. By town I mean the 47 counties that constitute Kenya, and by sheriffs, I mean the newly elected governors, a whopping 30 of whom are first-timers on the job.

The Jubilee government increased subventions to the counties from the statutory minimum of 15%, to 32% of the annual budget. That is likely to increase to 40% this fiscal year. Confusion persists over ...