Data validation in West Pokot County concerning the status of devolution with regard to the 14 devolved functions across the 20 selected counties has been concluded.

Speaking after concluding the three-day tour of the county to validate the data collected from the research conducted in the last three months, Prof.

Olive Mugenda, who is an Advisor to the NEPAD/African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) Kenya programme, noted that preliminary findings were promising.

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