KPA recruitment exercise kicks off

KPA recruitment exercise kicks off

Thousands of job seekers today, Saturday,  thronged the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) Bandari College in Mombasa county to apply for the advertised job opportunities which have been created following the striking KPA employees.

The massive crowd of people who turned up to submit their document led to a stampede which saw many people injured as police officers had difficult times to control the aggressive people who came from all over the country.

According to one of the supervisor Mr Benard Bassa the process was faced with a lot of challenges due to the huge crowd.

The vacancies advertised include terminal tractor drivers, forklift operators, Top loader operator, winch operators, port clerks and coxswai.

6,000 KPA workers, who are members of the Dock Workers Union (DWU), went on strike to protest the new NHIF rates.

No goods have been offloaded or allowed to leave the port as the striking workers have abandoned all berths and yards paralyzing the entire port and Kilindini harbor.

Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) Managing Director Gichiri Ndua says that they have so far lost 70 to 100 million shillings since the strike kicked off on Wednesday.

Led by their Secretary General Simon Sang, the striking workers have vowed to stay away from work until the new rates that have seen the deductions increase by over 400 per cent are revoked.

The strike comes after new premium rates saw formal sector workers pay higher contributions as of April 1st with individuals earning Ksh 5,999 and below contributing Ksh 150 while those earning Ksh 100,000 and above paying Ksh 1,700.

The strike comes even as a similar one planned by the Trade Unions Congress of Kenya failed to kick off in Nairobi on Thursday.

 

 

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NHIF Mombasa KPA Kenya Ports Authority strike civil servants Kenyaa new NHIF rates Dock workers

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