Raila, CS Wamalwa differ in County merger

AU Envoy Raila Odinga has now spoken on his support for the reduction of county government.

While speaking during the sixth Devolution in Kirinyaga Raila, asked leaders to back him in the merger of counties saying it will create big economic units for better service delivery.

“One of the facts we are dealing with but hardly acknowledging is that a number of counties as they are today are too tiny to compete for external and internal development using their resources,” he said 

 However the Devolution Cabinet Secretary Eugene Wamalwa had a different opinion saying that government has no plans to merge counties adding that the counties have indeed played an immense role as far as national development is concerned.

He also said that Kenyans are happy with the fruits of devolution following the promulgation of the new constitution

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