The Cabinet Secretary for the Environment has come under sharp criticism from an elite group who on Friday claimed that Mr. Tobiko is favoring his own community at the expense others.
A group of the elite on Friday attacked Keriako Tobiko for suspending the Kenya Forest Service(KFS) director Emilio Mugo.
They claimed that the former DPP has been sacking public servants from other communities and replacing them with those from his own community.
"When Mugo was the chief conservant he was working under Wakhungu.what happened when Wakhungu was taken to Australia to become our ambassador?" One elite who did not reveal his name asked.
"Then the person who was under him is expelled and those that are below him are given the same position, it doesn't add up. Keriako Tobiko, his PS and the person he has appointed to the position that was held by Mugo are from the same place. We know this thing. So let people not take us for granted," he concluded.
It is apparent that Emilio Mugo has central roots while Keriako Tobiko comes from the rift valley hence the tribalism perception.
The same outcry was witnessed from Rift Valley leaders when the CS for health, Sicily Kariuki, probably from central Kenya, suspended the Kenyatta National Hospital CEO Lily Koros who also happens to come from the Rift Valley.
Actually, the writing is on the wall, however, Mr. Keriako Tobiko is yet to respond to the accusations.