Kenya Railways clarifies claims of mass hiring after poster goes viral
By Mustafa Juma, November 23, 2025Kenya Railways has issued a clarification after a job advertisement began circulating widely across various social media platforms, duping unsuspecting job seekers with promises of employment.
In an official statement released on Sunday, November 23, 2025, the corporation disowned the advert, cautioning Kenyans against falling victim to fraudulent recruiters using its name to solicit personal information and, in some cases, money.
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The corporation advised job seekers to be cautious and instead, verify any job adverts through its official website.
“We wish to alert members of the public about a fake job advertisement doing the rounds on various social media platforms. We strongly advise job seekers to be cautious and verify any job adverts through our website: http://krc.co.ke,” Kenya Railways stated.
The flagged poster had advertised various vacancies across the corporation’s departments.
Some of the jobs advertised included sales and marketing, cleaners, drivers, clearing and forwarding officers, passenger services managers, office assistants, technicians, load controllers, CCTV operators, store managers, and receptionists, among others.
Employment authority’s warning
This comes months after the National Employment Authority (NEA) warned Kenyans to be on high alert following the circulation of fraudulent job advertisements claiming to originate from the agency.
Speaking through a notice posted on its official X account on Monday, August 11, 2025, NEA said there were no ongoing recruitment exercises within the authority.
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It urged members of the public to disregard any job adverts purporting to be from NEA and to avoid falling victim to scammers targeting unsuspecting job seekers.
“The National Employment Authority cautions the public against fraudsters posing as recruiters. Currently, there are no job openings within the authority. All legitimate job vacancy advertisements are posted exclusively on the official NEA website and the NEA Integrated Management System (NEAIMS),” the notice read.
Mudavadi’s warning
A fortnight ago, Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi raised an alarm over the risk of Kenyans being rescued from cyberscam networks abroad, bringing the vice back home.
In a press briefing on Quarterly Status of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday, November 12, 2025, Mudavadi revealed that intelligence reports had shown that some Kenyans lured to Southeast Asia for fake job offers later became complicit in organised scams.
“It is a sophisticated menace where our citizens, often lured by fraudulent job advertisements and agents purportedly in places like Thailand, are trafficked to South East Asia for exploitation, including forced labour, online scamming, illegal cryptocurrency trade, and even organ harvesting,” he stated.
Mudavadi cited the case of a Kenyan man who was arrested again in Thailand for entering the country using fake documents, despite having been successfully repatriated by the Kenyan government previously.