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Kenya: Relief for Job Seekers as Clearance Certificate Requirement is Scrapped

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Kenyans applying for government jobs will no longer be required to produce clearance certificates from KRA, Helb, DCI, CRB and the EACC until or unless an employment offer is guaranteed.

This is after MPs unanimously supported an amendment Bill to abolish the requirement.

The lawmakers on Wednesday supported the Employment Amendment Bill, as the debate on the Bill was concluded in the House.

The Bill that was sponsored by nominated MP Gideon Keter, had recommended the scrapping of the need for clearance certificate for job seekers.

“Previously, job seekers were faced with the responsibility of running criminal background checks on themselves so as to secure a mere job interview. However, now a cure has come through the amendment, whereby an employer shall no longer perceive job seekers as criminals before they apply for a job,” Mr Keter told the Nation.

“Employers will now no longer ask for documents like Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), Directorate of Criminal Investigations(DCI) Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) and Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission(EACC) clearance certificates, until or unless an offer of employment is guaranteed,” explained the MP.

He added:” Once a person is guaranteed employment, they can discuss with the employer on how they would present their certificates.”

According to the lawmaker, research done by the parliamentary budget office, revealed that the institutions that clear graduates have been collecting over Sh750 million every year from job seekers.