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Some tribes have more than their share of plum jobs

Some ethnic communities have more than their fair share of senior government positions, a departure from the legal requirement that employment in public service be equal to population.

A document tabled by Public Service and Gender Cabinet Secretary Margaret Kobia before the Senate Committee on National Cohesion, Equal Opportunity and Regional Integration shows that for some communities, distribution of jobs in the high job cadres far exceeds their populations.

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