ARTICLE: The rich usually want it, but it's the poor who need devolution, By CHARLES ONYANGO- OBBO, The East African, January 7, 2008

This is a profound argument from the poor for federalism and the end of more unitary states.

To me, this is Africa recognizing it needs to remap itself preemptively, much like Iraq is forced/enticed to do the same: better to devolve to more suitably small packages that allow more flexible, bottom-up-derived answers to the challenges/opportunities posed by globalization's progressive advance.

(Thanks: Michael Griffin)