A new report by the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) reveals that three ethnic groups—Kikuyu, Kalenjin, and Luo—constitute over half of the workforce in Kenya’s state corporations, highlighting persistent ethnic imbalance despite a law prohibiting such disparities.

• These three tribes combined represent 51.76 percent of the total parastatal workforce, with Kikuyus accounting for 20.06 percent, Kalenjins for 17.58 percent, and Luos for 14.12 percent.
• The National Cohesion and Integration Act (2008) prohibits public institutions from employing more than one-third of their workforce from a single ethnic group.
• The report notes that Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital has 67.66 percent of its workforce from the Kalenjin community, while Kenya Ports Authority has 34.45 percent from the Mijikenda community, indicating breaches of the prescribed threshold.