Devolution is beneficial for healthcare in Kenya

Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe (right) briefs media on the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine to counties outside the offices of the Council of Governors (COG) on March 10, 2021. PHOTO | FRANCIS NDERITU | NMG

Last week, Makueni County hosted Kenya’s seventh devolution conference. The broad thematic area was on multi-level governance for climate action. A key sub-theme of the conference was on lessons learnt, impacts and interventions in healthcare services at county levels.

In this, a cross-cutting consensus was that, collectively, devolution of political, administrative and healthcare governance has added a good impetus in improving healthcare services in Kenya.

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