Kenya: Fresh Campaign to Enforce Ethnic Diversity in Jobs

The agency charged with promoting equity in appointments to public offices in Kenya is proposing financial penalties to force Governors of the 47 counties to employ people from ethnic minorities.

Under the law, 30 per cent of the jobs in county public service should be held by people from ethnic minorities, a goal that has been breached especially in counties with one or two dominant communities.

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