The Standard Group Plc is a multi-media organization with investments in media
platforms spanning newspaper print
operations, television, radio broadcasting, digital and online services. The
Standard Group is recognized as a
leading multi-media house in Kenya with a key influence in matters of national
and international interest.
The bewildering interest the position of Principal Secretary (5,000 applications for 51 positions) generated was, for many, an indication of a squeezed labour market and less the allure of securing a job in government. The probability of any of them getting the jobs was 0.00002. Yet most remained hopeful of acing through the interviews.
Growing up, the impression I got from those around me who worked in the public service then was that GoK was a lousy employer - didn't pay well, misused their workers and most of its workers were generally unhappy, truant, broke and prone to alcoholism, violence and other vices.
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