Several Kenyans who had applied for some vacancies at the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) have expressed displeasure after failing to be shortlisted or picked after undergoing aptitude tests.
Recently, the Authority had advertised mass recruitment targeting those who scored D+ in KCSE examinations for Revenue Service Assistants jobs.
But for part of the week some Kenyans have been flocking KRA’s social media platforms to inquire about the next phase of interview after undergoing an aptitude test.
The pressure and anger has been piling among those who applied for the job after some applicants revealed that they had received emails from KRA asking them if they were successful.
More worrying for the optimistic applicants is the failure by the Authority to publish the names of those who were shortlisted after undergoing the general knowledge tests between June 2-5.
On June 15, one of them candidates on Twitter going by the name Sam Writer shared part of the email asking KRA if it was genuine.
In response, the Authority stated, “Kindly note that the email is from our recruitment team,”
This opened a fiery debate among jobless Kenyans who applied for the vacancies, participated in the aptitude test but had not received any email from the Authority.
“Kumbe hiyo test ilikua just by the way? It seems recruitment was done several months ago before the test,” Kiprotich Kigen commented.
Among the millions of disappointed Kenyans was Torbish who stated, “why did KRA have to waste our time with the so called aptitude test?
“Wenya walipata, mutuambie siri…it is very awkward and absurd to wait for results and yet people have already been recruited,” Hilash Chemosi stated.
Some sources claim unsatisfied candidates could move to court to block the process citing unfairness and opaque recruitment manner.
For now, you can follow the conversation for heartbroken and jobless Kenyans on this link: https://twitter.com/SamuelMasinde12/status/1669296504635310082
By April 2023, the number of Kenyans without jobs increased to more than 2.97 million in the quarter to December, underscoring the labour market woes in the wake of elevated inflation and reduced activity in the dominant agricultural sector.
The number of jobless persons grew 2.94 percent from 2.89 million in September, according to Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) data, a sign that the economy shed over 80,000 jobs in the three months after the August 9 General Elections.
