Fact Checker: State jobs skewed to favour country's major tribes

National Cohesion and Integration Commission chairman Samuel Kobia addresses media as Vice Chairperson Wambui Nyutu and Commissioner Abdulaziz Farah look on. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

In recent weeks, there has been concern being raised that new government appointments under the Kenya Kwanza administration seem to be dominated by one ethnic community.

While much of this has been manifested through banter and memes on social media, some have indicated that the pattern of skewed allocation of top State jobs is at the expense of other communities and entrenches marginalisation in government.