Supporting Kenya's Devolution Reform: An adult learning approach to county capacity development in Kenya. AHADI briefing paper No 1. 2019

The Agile and Harmonized Assistance to Devolved Institutions (AHADI) project funded by USAID and UK Aid supported the implementation of Kenya’s devolution reforms from 2014 - 2020 and contributed to the achievement of local political, economic and service delivery transformation. To do this, AHADI focused on the public expenditure management (PEM) process at the county level as an entry point for capacity development, skills building, and civic engagement. This paper discusses capacity development as an essential element of effective devolved governments. It focuses on AHADI’s county capacity development paradigm, interventions, approach, successes, challenges and lessons learned. It contributes to knowledge, policy and practice on future local government capacity development interventions.