At least 57,245 people have applied for the 500 clerk assistant jobs advertised by the Judiciary last year.
The Judiciary Service Commission had on October 8, 2021, advertised for the 560 slots; 500 positions for court assistants, 30 drivers, one senior public affairs and corporate communications officer, two senior clerks, 10 charge hands, one senior civil engineer, one senior electrical engineer, one senior draughtsman and four superintendents of works.
On Thursday, Chief Justice Martha Koome said the position that attracted more applicants was court assistant jobs with 57,245 applicants and driver jobs which had 4874 applicants.
She said some 1,377 individuals applied for the charge hand job and 302 people applied for the post of senior draughtsman.
Further, CJ Koome said that the post of risk management officer attracted at least 909 applicants and some 607 people applied for the superintendent of works slots. 512 people applied for law clerk jobs.
The post of senior public affairs and corporate communications officer attracted 360 applicants, senior quantity surveyor had 162, senior civil engineer (106), senior law clerk (87) and senior architect (67).
According to Koome, the shortlisting for the positions had been completed.
“JSC would like to assure the public and specifically the applicants that the recruitment and selection process for the advertised positions is being undertaken in an open, fair and transparent manner that ensures equal employment opportunity for all Kenyans,” said CJ Koome.
