Kisumu Governor Prof. Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o has received a positive assessment of his administration’s performance in key sectors, including health, education and the environment, according to findings by the County Peer Review Mechanism (CPRM).
Speaking to the media in Kisumu on Monday, NEPAD/APRM Kenya Governing Council Chairperson Sospeter Ojaamong said Kisumu had emerged among the best-performing counties in service delivery, alongside Murang’a.
Ojaamong, a former Busia governor, said the CPRM team had collected views from residents across all 35 wards and seven sub-counties in Kisumu, with preliminary findings indicating that a majority of residents were satisfied with the county government’s leadership and delivery of services.
“Kisumu and Murang’a have been rated among the best in terms of service delivery according to the CPRM report. In health, environment and education, Prof. Anyang’ Nyong’o has done well,” Ojaamong said.
He said the assessment was not intended to rank counties politically, but to provide an objective platform through which devolved governments could evaluate their performance, identify gaps and improve service delivery.
The CPRM is a localised governance and self-assessment tool adopted by the NEPAD/APRM Secretariat to evaluate service delivery, public financial management and accountability across Kenya’s devolved units.
Ojaamong said the team was in Kisumu to validate information previously collected from members of the public before compiling a comprehensive report.
“We have come to Kisumu County to validate what we have been doing because one of our functions is to oversee good governance in counties, spearheaded by APRM. We are collecting information from the public and validating it. Our team will be here for a week, after which we shall scale it up and hold a peer review conference in Nairobi, where governors will learn from one another and come up with the best solutions for governing their counties,” he said.
He said the exercise provides citizens with an opportunity to give direct feedback on the performance of both county and national governments, enabling the two levels of government to better plan and improve service delivery.
The CPRM team said the initiative was also designed to make the government’s Bottom-Up approach more meaningful by placing citizens at the centre of governance and decision-making.
“The initiative allows citizens to give feedback to county and national governments. CPRM is making the Bottom-Up agenda a reality by putting citizens at the centre. This is a voluntary initiative where we collect data and provide feedback to both levels of government,” the team said.
The CPRM Secretariat has already conducted similar exercises in Homa Bay, Migori, Meru, Kiambu, Kirinyaga, Kilifi and Kitui counties.
The team is expected to remain in Kisumu for another week to engage residents and validate the findings before proceeding to the next stage of the exercise.
According to the CPRM team, the third phase of the review provides counties with an opportunity to strengthen the credibility of their self-assessment reports by incorporating views from grassroots actors.
The process, it said, is aimed at promoting transparency, accountability and participatory governance while ultimately strengthening county service delivery and policymaking.
The CPRM panel comprises Amb. Rukia Subow, Pete Ondeng, Commissioner Salesa, Adano Abudo, Dr. Hassan Bashir, Dr. Wanjiru Kamau and Amb. Dr. John Kakonge.
The validation exercise is scheduled to run from August 24 to September 4, 2026, across the counties involved in the current phase.
