A Senate committee is proposing significant changes to county hiring and employee transfers in Kenya to address ethnic dominance in public service. The proposed amendments aim to create a centralized system for recruitment and deployment of staff across all 47 counties.

• Reports indicate severe ethnic imbalance in county employment, with some counties showing over 97% representation from a single community.
• The proposal is led by Marsabit Senator Mohamed Chute, chairperson of the Senate Standing Committee on National Cohesion, Equal Opportunity and Regional Integration.
• The changes would require amending the County Governments Act, potentially replacing existing county public service boards with a national hiring framework.