The Kalenjin tribe has dominated the Kenya Electricity Transmission Company’s (KETRACO’s) workforce out of 22 different ethnic groups working for the company.
According to a report submitted by KETRACO Managing Director and CEO John Mativo before the Public Service Commission (PSC) for evaluation on status compliance on the 30 percent procurement reservations to special interest groups, 24.81 percent of the company employees are from the Kalenjin Community.
24.81 percent represents 134 out of 540 total employees working for the company, followed closely by 90 employees representing 16.67 percent from the Kikuyu community, (Luhyas) 13.89 percent, and 11.3 percent from the Luo community.
“No single ethnic group has a population of 33.3 percent and above.The company is therefore within the government guidelines,” said Mativo.
The report showed that 4 out of 14 senior management-level cadre employees holding managing director, general manager, and senior manager positions are from the Kalenjin community, while people from the Kikuyu community dominated the highest number of employees in middle-level job positions.
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Seven employees from the Kikuyu ethnic community out of 23 are working in middle-ranking positions, with only two employees from Kalenjin ethnic backgrounds.
Kalenjins also dominated, with the highest number of employees serving at the operational level, 128 out of 503 staff workers in the position. They were followed closely by 80 workers from the Kikuyu community and 69 and 56 workers from both Luhya and Luo communities, respectively.
The report revealed that the company still has below-acceptable gender representation, as 71 percent of its workers are male employees compared to 29 percent of its female workers.
Further, KETRACO has not attained the 5 percent rule for hiring persons living with disabilities (PWDs) in its workforce.
It has only 11 employees living with disabilities, representing only 2.03 percent of the company's total 540 employees.
