NCIC Wants The Names Lists Seven Counties Changed
The National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) wants seven counties to be renamed.
According to NCIC the counties of Meru, Tharaka Nithi, Nandi, Kisii, Turkana, Embu and Samburu are identified by specific ethnic groups.
In a report to the Senate Standing Committee on National Cohesion and Integration, Equal Opportunity, and Regional Integration, the NCIC stated, “This factor has entrenched a sense of entitlement by some communities leading to overrepresentation in sharing of public resources.”
Harrison Kariuki, the acting NCIC secretary and CEO, had stated that a new examination of the county names included in the First Schedule of the constitution is necessary.
On August 6, 2024, Kariuki addressed the National Assembly Departmental Committee on Administration and Internal Security. “The naming of counties is a factor that has led to ethnic profiling and balkanization as it created an impression that the county belonged to certain groups,” she said.
NCIC Wants The Names of Seven Counties Changed
Kariuki informed the Saku MP Dido Raso-led committee that the designation of counties under the First Schedule of the constitution needs to be relooked.
On August 6, 2024, Kariuki addressed the National Assembly Departmental Committee on Administration and Internal Security.
“The naming of counties is a factor that has led to ethnic profiling and balkanization as it created an impression that the county belonged to certain groups,” she said.
Kariuki stated that a new examination of the county names included in the First Schedule of the constitution is necessary to the committee led by Saku MP Dido Raso.
He went on to say that boundary issues exist in 33 of the 47 counties in the nation.
NCIC Wants The Names of Seven Counties Changed
The NCIC advises that the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission be tasked with drawing boundaries, and that this process be carried out in a way that will not worsen already-existing boundary disputes, increase structural inequality, or spark violent clashes between communities, the report said.
