Number, size and character of devolved units in government

The new county government system was preceded by two main institutions – the provincial administration and the local governments (Local Authorities or LAs). The devolved system of government at independence with seven regional governments and an eighth one for the city of Nairobi (famously known as the majimbo system) was short-lived as barely a year later it was abolished. It was replaced by the provincial administration (PA). The geographical units comprising the regional governments became the eight provinces – Nyanza, Central, Rift Valley, North Eastern, Eastern, Coast, Western and...