The National Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee has expressed significant concerns regarding ethnic imbalance in senior government staffing, calling for strict adherence to diversity laws.

• 46 percent of employees in the Office of the Deputy President reportedly belonged to a single community in the 2023/2024 financial year.
• The committee, chaired by Chairperson Tindi Mwale, highlighted that such disparities breach constitutional requirements for public institutions to reflect Kenya’s diversity.
• Principal Administrative Secretary Moses Mbaruku acknowledged past issues but stated that corrective measures have led to improved diversity, with no single community now exceeding 23.4 percent of staff.