Public anger followed the circulation of a job distribution list at the Kenya Revenue Authority, with social media users accusing the agency of ethnic favoritism in staffing.
The reaction quickly widened into criticism of the National Cohesion and Integration Commission, which some commenters said was focusing on bloggers and WhatsApp group administrators instead of alleged tribalism in state institutions.
The Kenya Revenue Authority has repeatedly missed tax collection targets, and the article linked those failures to corruption within senior management, which it said should be broken up.
Calls also emerged for a human-resource audit at KRA, while the same discussion accused the NCIC of ignoring politicians such as Moses Kuria, who have faced serious hate-speech allegations.
After the list was shared, Kenyans posted a range of views online about the dispute, turning the matter into a wider debate over tribalism in public institutions.
Readers were also directed to comment on the post as the online argument continued.
