Why Kenya Power plans to hire 2,981 new workers

Kenya Power employed 846 new workers in the financial year to June 2024 even as it plans to hire thousands more to fill its staffing deficit.

The utility has revealed that it has a staffing deficit of 2,981 workers which it plans to fill by accelerating employment. The announcement will be good news to Kenyans who harbor dreams of working at the company, which is one of Kenya’s largest employers.

The 846 new employees during the year increased the company’s staff count to 10,437 workers. Kenya Power also revealed that it increased the pay of its union workers through a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) and improved the pay of its management staff to help them keep up with the rising cost of living.

The company is implementing a three-year manpower development plan that will address staffing gaps and succession planning while prioritizing critical skills. Under this plan, the company hired 846 employees to fill resource gaps in key customer-facing functions towards bridging the current staffing deficit of 2,981 employees.

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Kenya Power operates 9,589km of transmission lines and 301,029km of distribution lines across the country and continues to expand this network as it plans to connect millions of new customers to the national grid. It is this expansion that is fueling the company’s hiring spree to better serve the millions of new customers.

However, the hiring is coming with an additional financial burden to the company. Kenya Power’s employee costs hit a record Ksh19.89 billion during the year, up from Ksh16.04 billion in the previous year. This includes salaries and wages, allowances, contributions to the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) and pension.

The largest share of these salaries and wages went to workers in the company’s network management department amounting to Ksh8.34 billion. Meanwhile, workers in the administration department were paid a total of Ksh5.28 billion, while those in the commercial services department earned a total of Ksh4.96 billion.

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