The government of Tanzania will in the fiscal year 2017/2018 employ at least 52,436 new workers, a move meant to dress critical shortages in various public sectors.
The new workers will be employed after undergoing thorough verification, according to Minister of State in the President’s Office- Public Service and Good Governance, Ms Angellah Kairuki.
“Verification will continue in order to avoid employing workers with no required qualifications. We will also continue to provide employment in the public sectors after conducting work load analysis, as well as considering professionalism, integrity and competence among other key factors,” she told the National Assembly while winding up her ministry’s budget estimates for 2017/2018. On Thursday, the House endorsed the ministry’s Tshs 821billion budget for the next financial year.
She said the government took a ‘huge’ step in the fight against costly corruption by ridding the payroll of 19,708 fraudulent wages paid to employees who did not exist.
“We have made a great start to this exercise that has seen the government payroll getting rid of some 19,708 false employees.” This success story comes just over 18 months into President John Magufuli’s term, when the exercise started, according to Ms Kairuki, the country managed to make a huge savings of 19.8bn/- that was to be paid to ghost workers monthly.
She said that getting rid of false workers has also paved the way for employment of new personnel in public sectors. In addition to this, Minister Kairuki also revealed that at least 1,595 government officials who championed a “syndicate of ghost workers” have been implicated and will be charged according to the laws.
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