Kenyans have been triggered by reports that the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) snubbed a total of 133 Jobseekers due to their pregnancy and HIV status.
This cokes after the court nullified the hiring of 1,406 Kenya Revenue Authority personnel who were hired to fill the Revenue Service Assistants positions which according to the court favoured two communities.
However, it has emerged that some Kenyans were rejected for reasons such as being HIV positive, pregnant, among other flimsy excuses that are against the law.
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Members of cohesion committee now wants to investigate the matter to serve as an example to other government institutions that are committing similar illegalities.
“There is need to go to a full inquiry to know what happened, we must use this as an example to other government intuitions that are discriminating other Kenyans.”
Kasipul constituency MP Charles Ong’ondo supported the inquiry and demanded that the 133 Kenyan Jobseekers who were rejected on medical grounds be employed by KRA forthwith.
“You decided to subject this staff to HIV tests and pregnancy tests, this needs an inquiry, can you explain to us why you can’t absorb the 133 that you rejected on medical grounds immediately? And this should be non-negotiable.”
KRA Commissioner General Humphrey Wattanga defended the actions of the State agency saying the officers needed to have paramilitary training to achieve the roles they were to perform.
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“Due to the nature and role of the Revenue Service Assistants (RSAs), they were to undergo two months of tax training as well as paramilitary skills. There was therefore a need to meet the prescribed paramilitary training requirements to avoid casualties and loss of lives during the vigorous training.”