Confrontations of political actors grab the headlines. But when the CKRC travelled around asking people what they wanted in a new Constitution, they were more likely to talk about maji, elimu na barabara: water, education and roads. The Constitution makes counties responsible for “Pre-primary education, village polytechnics, homecraft centres”, leaving all other aspects, including “education policy” to the national level of government. This does not leave the counties much to do with education. And the national government, passing its Basic Education Act, created County Education Boards that...
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