The issue of ethnicity has cropped up several times with respect to political appointments and it�s not going to disappear anytime soon. Oftentimes there have been complaints about one government or the other packing itself with people of a particular tribe(s). It is undoubtedly good practice to try to achieve regional and ethnic balance in any government, but it has to do with the roots of the matter. Have we stopped to consider the qualifications of these public servants, and the tribal distribution in relation to political parties for that matter?