Fired for Refusal: Kazakh Woman Accuses Local Officials of Injustice

A resident of Bukharbai batyr village in Zhalagash district, Kyzylorda region, Kazakhstan, has publicly accused local authorities of injustice. The woman, a mother of two, including a disabled child, claims she was fired from her sanitation job after refusing to clean a private residence, a task outside her official duties. "My job is cleaning the streets, not someone's home or barn," she stated in a viral video. She lost her 100,000 tenge monthly salary. Local authorities have yet to comment on the allegations. This incident raises concerns about labor practices and the responsiveness of local governance to citizen complaints.