NCIC chair Francis Ole Kaparo. He has threatened to take Kiambu County to court if they do not review their controversial employment motion. [Photo/Star]
The Kiambu County MCAs have been warned that they will be sued if they do not repeal a controversial Bill that was passed in the house last week.
The motion requires that 70 percent of the dominant ethnic community in the area be employed in the major companies.
According to the NCIC, the motion is retrogressive and should be immediately struck out or else they take them to court.
NCIC chairman Francis Kaparo on Tuesday said the motion passed by the Kiambu assembly is unconstitutional.
“I am amazed at how the county assembly can purport to direct how to employ its citizens. It is foolish. It is retrogressive and our leaders must think before they act. We must not balkanize this country along tribal lines. It will finish us,” he said.
According to Kaparo, the 70-30 rule specified in Section 65 of the County Governments Act 2012 applies only to the staff employed by the county Public Service Board.
The county shocked many when they passed the motion, which compelled public and private institutions operating in the county.
“The effect of Section 65 ( 1 ) (e) is to ensure that the minority and marginalised communities within the county are guaranteed representation within the county public service as opposed to reserving positions for the dominant ethnic community within the county,” he said.