Kenyans in the street.[Photo/KenyanAdvisor]
Majority of those who were employed in the public service in the last financial year came from Kikuyu and Kalenjin communities.
According to a report by Public Service Commission (PSC) for the 2016-2017 financial year, shows that 13,041 employees were either appointed or promoted last year.
Some 5,181 were new entrants while 7,860 were promoted from their previous grades.
Those hired came from 27 communities.
The data shows that at the Interior ministry’s Immigration Department, out of 1,496 hired, 286 came from Kikuyu community, 200 from Kalenjin, 174 from Luhya, 146 from Luo and 124 from Kamba.
In the Interior department, out of 390, Kalenjin were 75, Kikuyu 73, 41 from Kamba and 35 from Luo.
The report shows that in the Prisons department's 2,668 new staff, those from the Kalenjin were 494 and 490 from Kikuyu. Others were 304 from Kamba, 234 from Luhya, 230 from Kisii and 203 from Luo.