Local government development plans should consider the needs of youth, writes Carl Konadu, 20, a Correspondent from London, UK. He reports on a conference designed to give young leaders a voice in policy-setting. Uganda hosted young leaders from around the Commonwealth at the seventh Commonwealth Local Government Youth Forum on the 13th-14th May 2013. The …
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Kenya has started the process of changing to a more localised system of government, writes Eric Omwanda, 23, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Nairobi in Kenya, who says that once implemented, devolution has the potential to benefit local communities. Devolution in simple terms means bringing resources and governance closer to the people through smaller units of government headed …
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