Uhuru relieves job seekers from expensive clearance certificates

Job seekers have been relieved of costly health checks following President Uhuru Kenyatta’s announcement on Monday, April 4.
The law states that employers only need to ask prospective employees to provide academic certificates and other documents, which are free of charge.

Documents billed to job applicants, such as those obtained by the Department of Criminal Investigation (DCI), the Higher Education Credit Board (HELB), and the Credit and Reference Bureau (CRB), must not be required by employers until employment is secured.

1/4 President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday at State House, Nairobi signed into law five parliamentary bills among them the 2022 Supplementary I Appropriation Bill (Supplementary Budget). pic.twitter.com/2v4vgyB9sZ

— State House Kenya (@StateHouseKenya) April 4, 2022

“The law provides job seekers with the option of requiring employers to request no objection or compliance certificates only when offering a job offer to potential employees. Previously, prospective employees had to refer to such documents when applying,” the president noted. While welcoming the new law, Other legislation signed into law is the Supplement I Appropriation Act and Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2022, the Kenya Deposit Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2020, and the Industrial Training (Amendment) Bill 2022.

The supplementary budget provides for the release of KSh 139.7 billion in treasury funds for drought-related interventions, security operations, election preparations, fuel stabilization, and settlement of outstanding bills.
About 40 percent of the supplementary budget, or KSh 34.4 billion, will go to oil subsidies, which are expected to end the country’s current fuel crisis.

“Kenyan Shillings 34,446,813,295 in the supplementary budget has been allocated to the government’s Fuel Stabilization Program, which is designed to protect Kenyans from high fuel prices resulting from the deepening global energy crisis,” the new law reads.

This is in line with an earlier statement by Petroleum and Mining Secretary Andrew Kamau, who noted that the government would release funds to settle a KSh 13 billion bill owed to oil marketers.
The government will allocate Sh8.8 billion to the Independent Electoral and Boundary Commission (IEBC) to facilitate the August 9 general election preparations.

In addition, the National Police Service (NPS) will receive KSh 950 million for recruiting officers to increase their numbers. This will enable them to provide security during the legislature (400 million), the Department of State to devolve direct mitigation efforts (K 1.2 billion) 8.1 billion shillings),​​and the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC).
“Shs 6.9 billion paid to the Teachers Service Council (TSC) to cover teachers’ salaries, training, and related costs. The Ministry of Education has allocated KSh 2 billion in the supplementary budget for the construction of additional classrooms,” part of the statement.