Nominated Senator Emma Mbura at a past event. [Photo/the-star.co.ke]
Nominated Senator Emma Mbura has claimed there's favouritism in the hiring of workers at the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA).
In line with this, Mbura now says she will seek a statement from Transport CS James Macharia over the number of staff at the authority in terms of regional composition and their academic qualifications.“Godfathers are bringing in people from all over the country for employment at the port and leaving out those from the Coast,” she told the Star on phone on Monday.Such issues, noted the Senator, are what breed outlawed groups and criminal gangs.The Senator asked both the county and national governments to urgently address the matter.“Some people are being called by their godfathers from the comfort of their homes to go for interviews which are just a smokescreen, because already there are predetermined lists of candidates who will ‘pass’ the interviews and get employed,” she added.