Hi @Rad, let me add a few thoughts here, though from a simplistic point of view. :-)<div><br></div><div>Firstly I believe the person hiring with their requirements knows why the candidate is subjected to a religious requirement because forcing the candidate to follow their religious practices may itself not be the right thing which could amount to the candidate being forced to practice religious beliefs against their own beliefs. <div>
<br></div><div>Secondly, as you added the angle on tribes, I&#39;m not sure why tribalism is a bad thing as many believe it to be. Tribalism need not be a bad thing because it is the structure within which the communities social, moral and outlook of generations are built upon. Tribalism becomes a bad thing when there is abuse at national levels that discriminate based on a tribal system. That bad part of tribalism, as you already know whether a constitution guarantees you the right, is when there is no equal representation. </div>
<div><br></div><div>But is Tribalism the real problem? I sincerely believe it is not.</div><div><br></div><div>I&#39;ll give you an example of whether tribalism is really a problem or whether people perceive it to be. When I traveled to SA in 2010, nothing prepared me for what I saw and it really connected. I met a number of people in my work related environment whether they worked in govt, private sector or even in security. My background in KE is that we moved here over a 100 years ago and choose to stay so there are a number of generations that call KE home. Anyway back to the SA story, I found that the e.g govt structure was formed up of a mixed representation from people of various races and  backgrounds and that this was evident even at the lowest levels in Govt. The SA police has a mix of all races, I was quite surprised to see the mix so I deliberately stopped to say hello to them when I came across them. I met a white south african police motor bike rider who was a senior officer to an Indian fellow who was like a security consultant who has just recently retired from the SA top plain clothes division and formed his own security company after over 20 years in the service. Even TelkomSA had a various mix of races from engineers to regional managers. This led me to learn more and more and start questioning as to why we lacked such representation back in KE. This led me back to 1963 and the possibility of what negative effects &quot;africanization&quot; has had on KE i.e the wrong implementation.</div>
<div><br></div><div>So while constitutionally every race/gender in KE is guaranteed a right, none of the KE govts&#39;&#39; since 1963 have practiced it. There have never been proper appointments in govt, to being in the structure so as to contribute more towards a nation. As minorities, you can then imagine when fellow kenyans talk about Tribalism being a problem and that it is the main reason why there is not much development, comparatively it is not even an issue. If minorities face the same problems as those who feel tribalism is shutting them out, then there is a bigger question in this. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Some thoughts. :-)</div><div><br></div><div>Rgds.</div><div> <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 10:07 PM, Rad! <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:conradakunga@gmail.com">conradakunga@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">That requirement is illegal.<br><br>What next? Must be Kikuyu/Luo/Kalenjin?<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><br></div>
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