Ensure tribal balance in public service to improve performance

Tribalism has negatively impacted every sphere of development in Kenya. It is a major stumbling block to democracy as well as socio-economic development. [iStockphoto]

The Office of the Auditor-General recently disclosed that 46 per cent of the Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral and Research Hospital (KUTRRH) workforce is from one ethnic community.

The Auditor-General also, in a separate report, also indicated that 5,496 of the County Government of Nairobi’s 11,926 employees are from one community, representing 46 per cent of the total workforce.