Auditor General Edward Ouko. [Photo/the-star.co.ke]
Auditor-General Edward Ouko has noted that the Eldoret-based bullet manufacturer flouted the law that requires that not more than 30 per cent of employees come from one ethnic community.
According to Ouko, out of the 297 staff employed at the Kenya Ordinance Factories Corporation 140 are from one ethnic group which represent 47 per cent.
“Audit review of the payroll for the month of June 2016 showed that the Kenya Ordinance Factories Corporation had a staff establishment of 297 out of which 140 or 47 per cent of staff were from the same ethnicity leaving only 157 or 53 per cent for other ethnicities,”
In an audit report dated July 11, 2017, and tabled in Parliament, Ouko said the firm has 14 board members and 13 senior managers, out of which four are from one ethnic community.
“This is contrary to section 7 (1) and (2) of the National Cohesion and Integration Act, 2008, which requires that all public establishments seek to represent the diversity of the people of Kenya in employment of staff and that no public establishment shall have more than one third of its establishment from the same ethnic community,” Mr Ouko says.
The auditor accuses the management of the firm of breaching the law.