(8 January 2026 | Source: Informburo.kz)
The absence of publicly available income declarations for some Kazakh officials is not due to violations, but to current legal requirements. The Agency for Civil Service Affairs (ACSA) clarified that not all declarations are published, only those subject to mandatory disclosure.
WHO IS AFFECTED BY MANDATORY PUBLICATION
From 1 January 2025, declarations are subject to mandatory publication for political civil servants, members of Corps 'A', members of parliament, judges, the ombudsman, heads of the quasi-public sector, and their spouses. The publication of this information was to be carried out by human resources departments by 31 December 2025.
WHY DECLARATIONS MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED
The ACSA explained to journalists from Informburo.kz that if an official had no additional income beyond their basic salary, the publication of a declaration is not required due to the absence of data subject to disclosure. It was also emphasised that all civil servants provided information in accordance with established procedures.
LIABILITY FOR INACCURATE INFORMATION
The agency also reminded that providing false information carries administrative and disciplinary liability. These measures are applied in cases where discrepancies are found between declared and actual data.
CONTEXT
Previously, income information for members of the families of the leadership of the Ministry of National Economy for 2024 was published. According to this data, the spouses of two heads of the agency declared almost 160 million tenge in income, although in some cases the nature of the receipts was not specified in the documents.
The published declarations show that the legislation provides for the disclosure of total income, but the breakdown of sources is not always indicated. In other agencies, the declared income of spouses of heads for the same period was significantly lower, and in some cases the officials themselves stated zero income.
SIGNIFICANCE
The situation with the publication of declarations demonstrates that the absence of data in the public domain does not always indicate concealment of information. In some cases, this is due to formal legal requirements and the absence of income subject to mandatory disclosure.
At the same time, the published information reveals a significant difference in the level of declared income among families of senior civil servants across different agencies during the same reporting period.