A study conducted by NCIC has revealed that 76% (1686)of the employees in Mumias Sugar Co. are from the Luhya community. The number accounts for more than a third of the total number of employees.
According to NCIC (National Cohesion and Integration Commission) chairman Francis Ole Kaparo, “Mumias Sugar Company contravenes the NCI Act as the Luhya, the largest percentage, make up 76 per cent”.
Luo’s account for 11.7 percent of the staff at Mumias followed by Kalenjin (2.6 percent), Teso (2.5 percent), Kikuyu (2 percent). The other communities have less than a percentage each, said the commission.
The study also revealed that the management is skewed in favour of the Luhya community who occupy 27 out of the 48 mid-level management position level.
All other Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE)-listed firms with the Treasury shareholding including Kenya Power, KenGen, East African Portland Cement Company (EAPCC), and Kenya Re, were found to be compliant with the two-thirds gender rule.
The findings are part of an annual audit carried out by the agency to measure the ethnic diversity of all State corporations, agencies and independent offices, national as well as county government civil service.
“All public establishments shall seek to represent the diversity of the people of Kenya in the employment of staff. No public establishment shall have more than one-third of its staff from the same ethnic community,” reads section 7 of the NCIC Act (2008).
The company’s chairman, Dan Ameyo, is yet to respond to the findings of the report and provide measures as to how the company plans to achieve ethnic diversity and give the company a national outlook.
