STOP Blaming Nairobi — Here’s What YOUR County Government Should’ve Fixed YEARS Ago
Why is your road still a swamp when it rains?
What happened to the ECDE centres that were promised five budgets ago?
How much money has your governor allocated to health centres since 2013 — and where’s the new dispensary?
Kenya's 47 counties were not handed power just to parade flags and hold roadshows. They were tasked with handling the day-to-day — the basics: water, roads, clinics, nurseries, markets, licenses, garbage, and more. If those are broken, your county failed. Not Nairobi. Not the president. Your governor. Your MCA.
Let’s go local with real questions:
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Where’s the budget for clean drinking water? Has it been used? Or did it disappear into ghost pipelines?
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How many roads and footbridges has your county built — and maintained — since the last election?
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Can a pregnant woman in your ward access a working health centre within 5km?
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Are nursery schools staffed or are children packed into old classrooms with no teaching material?
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Are traders still being harassed by county askaris after paying for licenses? Who pockets that cash?
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Why does garbage pile up for weeks outside homes, yet waste management eats a chunk of the county budget?
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What’s the last sports facility your county built? Where is it? Who’s using it?
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Did the county respond when floods hit? Or were they busy tweeting condolences?
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How many public bar licenses have been issued in your ward? Who audits them? Are rules followed?
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What development plan did the county table last year? What changed in your village because of it?
You’re allowed to ask. You should ask. Don’t be polite about it either.
Start with the County Integrated Development Plan (CIDP). Every county publishes one. Find it. Tear it apart. Match what’s written with what’s visible. If they said they would build a market, check if it's still a bush. If they listed 100 ECDE centres, count them. Demand timelines. Demand evidence. Demand receipts.
Attend public participation forums. Go in groups. Record everything. Share online. Don’t let them lie in silence.
Push your MCA. Not with memes. With questions. Real ones. About line items. About why a contractor got paid for zero work. About why a clinic has no nurses but three cooks.
Form a ward audit team. Weekly walkarounds. Snap pictures. Ask questions. Ask again. Publish findings on WhatsApp, Facebook, posters, barazas.
Start a ward bulletin. One sheet. Monthly. Printed cheap. List what was promised, what was delivered, what’s missing.
Pressure works. Eyes scare thieves. Noise ruins cover-ups.
This is not activism. It’s survival. You already pay taxes. Now chase the trail. Your county swallows millions every month. Don’t clap when they bring a wheelbarrow. Ask why the road still floods, why the dispensary is still shut, why the ECDE centre looks like a goat shed.
They don’t fear hashtags. They fear organized residents with questions and receipts.
Now go ask yours. Loudly. Relentlessly. Without fear.
