KAA Denounces Notice Of 2,000 Job Vacancies At JKIA With Ksh38K Salary

In the fake advert, KAA was purported to be offering permanent and pensionable jobs en masse, with some of the jobs attracting a salary of as high as Ksh38,000.

Marvin Chege Marvin Chege
Jun 17, 2023 - 15:27 Updated: Sep 3, 2023 - 00:08
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KAA Denounces Notice Of 2,000 Job Vacancies At JKIA With Ksh38K Salary
A terminal at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. /KAA

The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) on Saturday, June 17 dismissed advertisements for over 2,000 job vacancies at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA).

In a statement, KAA, which is an autonomous body charged with the responsibility of providing and managing all airports in Kenya, stated that the two notices circulating social media platforms did not come from them.

The notice asked Kenyans to apply for jobs that include internal auditors, human resource managers, drivers, cleaners, nurses, electricians, flight dispatchers, and security guards among others.

KAA also exposed that several applicants were being lured into fake applications because they were asked to make payments during the application process.

Aircraft at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi. /KAA

The authority further noted that a section of the scammers behind the fake adverts were going to the extent of even creating parody accounts on social media to make it look like it came from them.

"It has come to our attention that some unscrupulous persons are defrauding members of the public through false claims that they can secure employment at Kenya Airports Authority. Unsuspecting victims are being lured through via fake social media pages and posters," stated KAA in part.

The agency as a result called upon Kenyans interested in working at KAA to check their official platforms for authentic job vacancies.

"Please note, All job opportunities available at the authority are officially advertised in leading daily newspapers & posted on the KAA official corporate website - kaa.go.ke/careers," added the authority.

In the fake advert, KAA was purported to be offering permanent and pensionable jobs en masse, with some of the jobs attracting a salary of as high as Ksh38,000.

A majority of Kenyans in recent years have lost their hard-earned money to scammers in fake job adverts as they are desperate to get employment.

State Of Employment In Kenya

A recent report by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) revealed that around two-thirds of jobless Kenyans gave up looking for work or starting businesses, disheartened by lower opportunities in a tough economy that has seen many firms freeze hiring to survive.

The data covering the quarter that ended December 2022 showed that 2.01 million out of the total of 2.97 million jobless Kenyans aged between 15 and 64 who qualify for the labour force were not actively looking for employment.

The number of graduates or retrenched workers who have given up looking for work increased from 1.33 million in the quarter to June 2020 when businesses shed jobs and froze hiring at the peak of COVID-19 economic hardships. They accounted for 67.71 per cent of the people without jobs, from 65.08 per cent in September and 54.1 per cent in June 2020.

The majority of those who gave up on employment are aged between 20 and 24, followed by 25 to 29-year-olds. The 20-24-year-old demographic consists mostly of fresh graduates whose job-seeking efforts are hurt by a lack of experience and a mismatch between skills and job openings.

Job seekers queuing for interviews in Nairobi. /THE EAST AFRICAN