Pursuant to the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 (CoK, 2010) and a decision of the Fourth Cabinet Meeting1 of 17th August 2010, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Local Government established the Task Force on Devolved Government (TFDG) on the 22nd October 2010 through Gazette Notice 12876 dated 25th October 2010. Additional members of the Task Force and Steering Committee were gazetted on 3rd December 2010. The purpose of the task force was to help think through the implementation of the devolution process and advise the government on policy and legal frameworks of devolving power, resources and responsibilities to the people of Kenya for effective local development.