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The Ministry of Labor and Social Protection has announced the signing of bilateral labor agreements with seven countries to help qualified unemployed Kenyans secure jobs abroad.
Labor Cabinet Secretary Florence said the agreements would benefit thousands of Kenyans in different cadres as the government moves to address the rising unemployment rate in the country.
She noted that among the agreements signed was between Kenya and Saudi Arabia where about 130,000 opportunities have been identified for qualified Kenyans to tap into.
The cabinet secretary further pointed out that Kenya was looking beyond Middle East nations which have traditionally absorbed Kenyan workers to ensure more Kenyans benefit from the program.
She said negotiations were at an advanced stage with Canada, South Korea and Germany to secure more job opportunities for Kenyans.
“Germany will be here next week. They have assured us that they have about seven million jobs. This is huge and we want our people to benefit,” she said.
To make the program a success, Bore said her ministry is on packaging job seekers to ready them for the available opportunities abroad.
“What we have as a country is a human resource. People have graduated with various degrees and courses but do not have jobs. We want to sell this out there and be able to secure opportunities for them,” she added.
In addition, the ministry is in the process of reviewing existing bilateral labor relations with different countries to safeguard Kenyans working outside the country.
Speaking at Tom Mboya Labor College in Kisumu during the World Day for Safety and Health celebrations, Bore urged all unemployed Kenyans to register with the National Employment Authority to benefit from the opportunities being sought abroad and within the country.
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Obviously need for diaspora remittances has eclipsed all rational thought of tomorrow. Emphasis on attainment of higher education with no value as answer to economic development is ludicrous. The jobs being secured abroad in most cases do not require college education. In most cases a job abroad rarely equals the lofty career progression espoused by higher education. Since it’s clear that the government has no strategy to create jobs for its citizens, they should provide the highest quality in high school education only. Doing so will support export of Human Resources that are more readily adaptable at a lower cost wherever they go.
You mean slaves or watumwa and not workers? Biggest beneficiary will be thug Kuria
Kenya is Becoming a Country of Slave dealers and Traders for and with Amalekites (the Arabs). Shame on it's President(s) and their Cohorts.
Modern Slavery! Yeah now outsource all able-bodied Kenyans to every single nation on Earth because we are too lazy to create employment. The second wave of partition of Africa
Meanwhile Ruto is begging for respect. For comparison, the Colorado governor is paid $92k, state unemployment rate is 2.8%, median household income is $80,184, average household income is $107,446 and per capita Income is $42,807. One more thing, the state legislature is part time and each legislator makes $41.5k annually. State GDP is $385 billion with a population of 5.8 million. I call that earned respect.
Werevu wafukuzwe wajinga wabaki wakiongoza nchi. BOYCOTT REMITTANCE, FIND ANOTHER WAY TO HELP YOUR FAMILIES AND INVEST JAMUHURI WITHOUT THESE FILTHY POLITICIAN BASTARDS DEPENDING ON YOUR HARD EARNED MONEY!
Wow. Instead of mapping out strategies to create jobs they would rather break up families and ship folks away to foreign countries. What a useless government!