Kivutha Kibwana honoured by Nordic ambassadors in Makueni for devolution classes

Development in Makueni County has became a major reference point in this year’s devolution conference with many speakers urging other counties to visit for benchmarking.

President Uhuru Kenyatta started it all when in his live televised speech broadcast to delegates through a link acknowledged that Makueni and Mandera counties have made strides worth emulating.

The vision has been fulfilled as Kivutha is now hosting foreign officials in Makueni to learn about the devolution success in the area. Kivutha has taken to twitter to reveal his honor to host the Nordic ambassadors.

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“I commend governor Kibwana for rolling out in Makueni their own version of subsidized healthcare and food processing plant,” President Uhuru said over the devolution conference.

He urged other counties to emulate Makueni County led by Prof Kivutha Kibwana adding that prudent use of public of funds allocated to county governments was key to successful implementation of devolution.

UK-based Financial Times newspaper has cited Makueni County as a success story in devolution.

The newspaper cited the milestones made by the county ranging from the fruit processing plant and milk milk-processing in Kikima, Mbooni constituency.

Governor Kivutha Kibwana decided to build the fruit processing plant after realizing that many of the 12,000 mango farmers in his county were struggling to earn a decent living because of the lack of a local buyer.

“They used to earn Sh3(3 US cents) a kilo or even less but now we’re paying them Sh15 adding that with the new-found certainty more farmers have planted mango trees,” it stated.

Image result for images of makueni fruit processing plant and milk milk-processing in Kikima, Mbooni constituency.

Now counties are responsible for everything from health services and nurseries to roads and developing their economies. But in the first few years of devolution, with few administrative systems in place, governors had a tough time attracting investors.

Other counties are starting to follow Kibwana’s lead.

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