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Governors headache to solve ethnic imbalance in county jobs

Auditor General Edward Ouko addressing the press in his Anniverssary Towers office. [PHOTO: JENIPHER WACHIE, STANDARD]

Five counties have been put on the spot over skewed employment, with dominant ethnic communities hogging the plum posts.

According to a report by Auditor General Edward Ouko covering the 2015/2016 financial year, ethnicity carried the day, with some of the governors employing only those from particular tribes, who take up to 98 per cent of appointments.

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