The government incurred losses exceeding Rwf83 million from public-service employment and staff-management cases in the 2025/26 financial year, the National Public Service Commission told Parliament.
The figure was presented on October 21, when the Commission submitted its annual performance report and action plan for the coming financial year to a joint sitting of the Chamber of Deputies and Senate.
According to the Commission, employment-related cases cost the government more than Rwf60 million in 2024/25, when public institutions lost 17 cases linked to recruitment and human-resources management.
The Commission’s presentation put losses for 2025/26 at more than Rwf83 million, although the information provided did not specify the number of cases lost during that year or explain the breakdown of the costs.
The figures highlight the financial consequences of failures to follow legal requirements when recruiting, appointing and managing public servants.
The Commission is mandated to monitor whether public institutions comply with laws governing recruitment and the administration of public servants. Its responsibilities include reviewing recruitment procedures, auditing staff-management practices and handling administrative appeals related to human-resources decisions.
During its inspections, the Commission also identified cases in which academic qualifications held by candidates were missing from the job categories listed in the recruitment system managed by the Ministry of Public Service and Labour.
It said it had decided to map courses studied by graduates against the titles of qualifications awarded so that the information could be entered into the system, allowing eligible candidates to apply for suitable vacancies.
The Commission’s findings come amid wider concerns about the costs of employment disputes involving public institutions. In a report presented to Parliament in November 2025, the Commission said the government had paid Rwf46.4 million after losing nine labour-related cases in 2023/24.
The latest figures presented to Parliament suggest that employment-related disputes continued to impose a financial burden on the government in 2025/26. However, the Commission’s presentation, as reflected in the information available for this report, did not identify the institutions responsible for the latest losses or detail the causes of each case.
