This link shared on WhatsApp is supposedly advertising 350 job vacancies at the Quickmart Supermarket. The post also outlines new branches, specific vacancies, and the expected salary range.
Background
In 2021, according to the education sector report by the National Treasury, 80,056 undergraduate students graduated from various public universities. There aren’t enough jobs to absorb all these graduates pushing many qualified candidates to the streets. This has also created a window for scammers to swindle people of their hard-earned money.
Piga Firimbi has previously debunked links advertising jobs at Quickmart supermarket here, here, and here.
Verification
Quickmart Supermarket did not advertise the vacancies on its website. The post was also not available on its official Twitter and Facebook pages.
Piga Firimbi reached out to Quickmart via direct message on Twitter, and they dismissed the post as fake. They further warned to disregard any job-related posts that include application charges and are not on the Quickmart website or official social media handles.
Quickmart also shared a list of requirements should anyone be interested in applying. It includes an application letter, a copy of your national ID, a medical certificate, academic documents, NHIF, NSSF, KRA pin, bank account details, a curriculum vitae, and three recent passport photos. Interested candidates should drop the documents at the customer care desk of their nearest Quickmart Branch.
Results generated from a WhoIs search reveal the website’s registrar is MarkMonitor Inc and its IP location is in the United States. This website was registered in 1997, years before Quickmart opened its first branch in 2006.
Safaricom Limited is the registrar of Quickmart’s legitimate website. Its IP location is in Nairobi. It was registered in 2008, two years after Quickmart opened its first branch in Nakuru.
Verdict
The link allegedly advertising jobs at Quickmart Supermarket is FAKE.
This fact check was published by Piga Firimbi with support from Code for Africa’s PesaCheck and African Fact-Checking Alliance.
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