| Updated Sun, April 16th 2017 at 00:00 GMT +3The Government is raking in millions of shillings from desperate job seekers in costly requirements for a myriad of documents required in applications for work. Apart from academic papers, most state agencies require additional documents, which include compliance certificates from the Higher Education Loans Board (Helb) and the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA). Huge numbersCharging by the huge number of Kenyans applying for jobs, a single exercise attracting 60,000 persons may give the government about Sh282 million. ALSO READ: Why corruption is not a ‘true crime’ in Kenya“Other than the cost for the documents, job seekers also incur other expenses emanating from their movement from one place to another in search of the documents. On the other end of the scale, state agencies are facing a herculean challenge in processing the huge number of applications.

Source: Standard Digital April 15, 2017 19:30 UTC