Nairobi, Oct. 26 -- Reducing employment of dominant communities, allocation of population quota and priority to national service volunteers during recruitment are proposed to reform a skewed public service workforce.

The Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report also recommends the cancellation of all existing medical cover for public servants and the renewal to ensure the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) provides 100 per cent cover for the most senior officers to the lowest cadre employees seeking services in hospitals.

It proposes the NHIF is enhanced so it becomes the sole medical cover in the country and recommends a new law- Patients' Bill of Rights- to tackle corruption in billing, forceful detention of patients, consequences ...