11/11/2024
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Isiolo County has a total workforce of 1733 employees as per a recent data released by National Cohesion and Integration Commission analyzing ethnic distribution of employees per Counties. The number is cumulative from the day devolution commenced back in 2013 to date and has captured a detailed analysis of both the County Executive employees as well as the County Assembly.
Isiolo Governor in his speech at Chumvi-Yere during a fundraiser notes that out of the total employees about 400 were absorbed from the defunct Isiolo County Council during the advent of devolution and another 300 were transferred to the County the moment a number of functions were taken up by County Government immediately devolution commenced in 2013.
The Governor also noted that since he took office he employed a total of 213 workforce including; 60 Nurses, Clinical Officers, 31 CO'S, CECMs, 10 Accounts, 6 Procurement officers and others. A number of those employed are serving as nurses, accountants, Procurement officers and Clinical Officers on a permanent and pensionable terms contributing to a paltry percentage of the total workforce.
In his address the Governor goes further to note that it is true that the payroll data has a serious anomaly as it does not reflect ethnic balancing within a County considered cosmopolitan. Will take a moment and do an analysis of the ethnic balancing in the payroll as it is.
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Of the total 1733 employees 48.99% are from Borana reflecting a total of 849 employees, Meru 270 employees, Somali 143 employees, Sakuye 86, Turkana 75, Samburu 56, Gabra 38, Kikuyu 89 and the other tribes sharing the remaining numbers.
From 2016 to 2022 a total of 816 employees were employed and out of that Borana occupies 52.83% i.e 457 employees, Meru 93, Somali 78, Sakuye 51, Turkana 47, Samburu 42 and the others shared between other tribes.
Ethnic distribution within those in Job Groups P and above normally referred to as higher Cadre employees is occupied by Borana at 51.43% reflecting a total of 54 employees, Meru 8, Somali 14, Sakuye 7, Turkana 3, Samburu 3, Gabra 3 and others sharing the remaining 7 slots.
In Isiolo County Assembly Borana occupy 58.12% (111 employees), Somali 22, Meru 19, Turkana 11, Sakuye 9, Samburu 9, Gabra 5 and the others sharing the remaining 5 positions.
Sharing the data below with the analysis for Isiolo County.
