Appointments spark widespread fury over ethnicities based on surnames

Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia, address a press conference on 19th December 2017 at Transcom house in Nairobi. [Phot by Edward Kiplimo/Standard]

The Transport Cabinet secretary has kicked up a storm by appointing three people from one community to a powerful authority to manage infrastructure billions.

The three are part of the 14-member secretariat that will manage the lucrative construction of roads and commuter rail, and acquisition of all enabling infrastructure including mass transit buses, trains, and communication in Nairobi and four other counties.