People from the Kalenjin community have taken up many jobs in the county, an assessment by the National Cohesion and Integration Commission shows.
The audit, which sought to confirm the consideration of ethnic equality in employment opportunities in the county, showed that Kalenjins have taken 15.83 percent of the total of 184, 876 jobs in 47 counties.
The Kalenjins have been closely followed by the Kikuyu community who have taken 15.77 percent of employment, then the Luhya (11.6 percent), the luo (9.81 percent), the Kamba (8.88 percent), the Kisii (7.68 percent), the Meru (4.88 percent) and the Mijikenda (4.60 percent). .
”It is sad to note that 29 ethnic groups with only one percent of the workforce. This is sad, it does not add up,” said Commissioner Danvas Makori.
Commissioner Wambui Nyutu however noted that counties have made progress in hiring women.
“The inspection showed a total of 184, 876 workers, 53 percent are women. Regarding the employment of women, we have no complaints,” Nyutu added.
Nairobi has the highest number of workers at 13,510 followed by Kakamega (7,087) and Bungoma (6,477).
NCIC Commissioner Abdulaziz Farah said the study was conducted because Kenyans have faced discrimination and inequality perpetuated by colonialists and subsequent governments.
Farah said that the study was conducted on the 10th anniversary of devolution to determine if there were any achievements since the county existed.
“Our main problem as a country is the unequal distribution of resources. This is deeply rooted in the county,” he said.
Farah noted that Garissa county was the only county that did not comply with the request to provide employment data.
He noted that differences include culture, race, ethnicity, gender and religion.
