Kenya Revenue Authority has been accused of sidelining an applicant from a minority tribe in a chief manager recruitment exercise, with the complainant saying the process was designed to deliver a preferred insider.
In a testimony shared in 2018, the applicant said he sat through three interviews for a post KRA had advertised publicly. He claimed a panellist later told him he was the strongest candidate, but Commissioner Mburu wanted an internal person from his own community.
The complainant questioned why the authority would open the position to external applicants if it already intended to place “mtu wao” in the job. He said the advert was a hoax because the institution already had its chosen candidate.
The allegations were made alongside broader criticism of KRA, including claims of corruption, tribalism, and collusion with cartels inside the tax agency. The original account also repeated an accusation that Commissioner General John Njiraini had supported Jubilee and contributed billions to the party during the 2017 elections.
In the same account, the writer argued that advertised vacancies were being used to give jobs to selected people rather than to run a fair competition.
“Recently I went through three interviews for a position of a chief Manager which they advertised for only to be told by a panellist that I was the best but commissioner Mburu had a preference for an internal person who was from his community.” “The question is why didn’t they source internally instead of subjecting us to the process of sindikishaing mtu wao.” “All those adverts for positions they put in papers are a hoax as they have their people.”
