It is theft when an employee of an international NGO based in Africa has the salary calculated at the salary rates of London.
Not only these employees are doing nothing in Africa, they are enjoying a better life they cannot afford in their countries.
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Expatriates in Kenya to enjoy less benefits as new NGOs' rules outlined
Published on 18 June 2016
Non–Governmental Organizations operating in Kenya now risk losing their licenses unless they adhere to new policy guidelines requiring them to stop hiring expatriates where there are Kenyans who qualify.
NGO Board Director Fazul Mohamed says a huge salary disparity also exists between Kenyan and foreign staff leading to a trend of career expatriates hoping from organization to organization.
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With nearly 80,000 people employed in the NGOs based in Kenya, the inside politics and mischief has gotten the attention of the government.
Apparently, expatriates are flooding the multinational, international and even local NGOs for lucrative posts and perks at the expense of qualified Kenyans.
Starting Monday, the 21st of June, NGOs must satisfy a raft of requirements contained in a circular sent to the organizations, including; "You only employ expatriates where there are no skills available locally; and there is differential treatment between international and local staff. International staff earn 4 times what a Kenyan earns for the same job, with comparable skills and qualifications," said Fazul.
The NGO board has discovered that on average, an international staff based in Kenya is paid 2,430,000 shillings every year, while a local staff based here as well would take home about 628,000 shillings for the same duration and job; a 1.8 million shillings difference.
"We have issued a circular to all HRMs of international and local NGOs to harmonize the salaries between local and international staff," said the NGO Board Director failure to which the NGO and the Human Resource Managers involved will face legal sanctions.
In any case, all expatriates must receive the board's endorsement to receive and renew their work permits.
"For those who have been in the country for more than three years, they will need to prove to us why they need more years around. We expect that at the point of being given a work permit they should have identified a Kenyan understudy, and we expect that Kenyan to then have been trained sufficiently for such skills that were not available in the country for them to take over the job," said Fazul.
Besides earning four times more than their Kenyan peers, foreigners are apparently enjoying house allowances in suburban estates, they would be allocated a car and their children would learn in high end international schools at the expense of the NGOs, that would not have the same granted to Kenyan staff.
Then there are foreign volunteers, who according to the NGO Board, do not earn salaries per se, but their perks on aggregate would surpass the salaries of local staff.
"We have told all NGOs before they bring volunteers into the country, they should sufficiently convince us and prove that there are also an equitable number of Kenyan volunteers sent to other countries," added Fazul.
From Monday henceforth, the NGOs will be required to recruit only after advertising in two local dailies to ensure as many Kenyans can apply and if they do not get the requisite skill, then they will be required to seek the approval of the board.
The board also undertakes to do periodic spot checks to ensure salary discrepancies are evened.
On Tuesday, 21 June 2016, 14:02, "Afrika Watch afrikawatch@yahoo.com [afrocarpus]" <afrocarpus@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Kenya launches crackdown on foreign charity workers
Charities, or NGOs, working in Kenya risk losing their licenses if they fail to comply with new tough rules about employing foreigners.The authorities say that, with some exceptions, foreigners should not be employed if there are Kenyans who can do the job.The large disparity between what foreigners and Kenyans can earn has also been criticised.It is estimated that 80,000 people work in the NGO sector in the country.Kenya is a regional hub for NGOs, with aid agencies working in countries from Democratic Republic of Congo to South Sudan based in the country.Charities play a large role in providing essential services in Kenya, observers say, with some running schools and clinics.One international NGO told the BBC that higher pay for foreigners was essential as they are working far from home.Kenya's NGO board, an official body which oversees the work of the charity sector, says that some organisations have been flouting the law by employing expatriates without proper work permits.It says that foreigners can only be employed when there is no Kenyan available with the same skills, or when they are essential to the running of the charity, or when they are committed to training people to replace them.Research by the board suggests that expatriates earn four times the salary of locals for doing the same job with comparable skills and qualifications.NGO tension - Abdinoor Aden, BBC Africa, Nairobi
The enticement of working for an NGO is evident in Kenya.Jobs in aid organisations in Kenya are seen as among the most lucrative due to the pay and benefits compared to other jobs.For a long time, tensions have been brewing between Kenyan and foreign staff, as many locals are angry over what they see as unfair treatment.Expatriate employees enjoy large allowances, security, housing, a vehicle and comprehensive attractive medical insurance.Some Kenyan staff feel their colleagues are pampered.The government feels the new restrictions are needed to safeguard the interests of Kenyans.
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