Skills gap query as State pumps Sh1.5bn into training

Jobseekers who turned up for recruitment in Mombasa after the Kenya Ports Authority announced vacancies on July 2015. FILE PHOTO | NMG

State ministries, departments and agencies spent Sh1.5 billion on internal training between July and December, raising queries on value to taxpayers as overage employees continue to draw salaries due to lack of replacements.

Half year data from the Controller of Budget (CoB) for the year ending June 2017 shows that the State Department of Interior spent Sh404.6 million in training staff, topping the list of the highest spenders.

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