DP Kindiki Outlines Complex Government Jobs Creation Plan
Kenyan Deputy President Prof Kithure Kindiki has outlined a government elaborate plan to address unemployment and increase household income. The areas to focus on are International Labour Mobility, Digital Jobs, Local labour market Employment & Climate works programme.
The Deputy President disclosed these initiatives during a briefing at his residence in Karen through communication with the leadership of the government that includes the Cabinet Secretaries, Principal Secretaries, and agency heads.
Key Interventions
- Labour Cross-Border Mobility and Bilateral Treaties
Through bilateral labor relations, the government is working hard to secure proper jobs abroad to qualified Kenyans. It is also creating the national skills database for the purpose of integration of the workforce with the international labour market requirements and enhancing the private employment agencies standards.
- Digital Jobs and ICT Hubs
To spur on the Kenyan Digital economy, the government intends to set up 1,450 ICT facilities one for each ward.
Progress: There are already 272 ICT hubs running in the country.
Focus Areas: Writing, transcription services, telecommuting, freelancing.
Kindiki also said that the program was crucial in achieving the delivers set in the administration’s docket before 2027.
- Public Sector Placements
In the last two years, the government has hired:
72,000 teachers.
3,300 TVET instructors.
Employees using the blue economy products and services like the seafarers.
Portfolio Assessment Based on Prior Learning (PAPL)
In order to provide a formal qualification that the learner has gathered most of her knowledge from workplace experiences, the government has developed a programme known as the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) certification.
2,900 people qualified through RPL.
Additionally 4,000 certifications have been issued through the National Industrial Training Authority (NITA).
Commitment to Job Creation
Even as DP Kindiki noted a number of achievements, he also observed that much more needs to be done and that progress needs to be stepped up. This brings out the aspect of review where progress will always be checked in order to keep on/in track.
“On job creation the government is keen and it is taking the issue as being solved through a holistically approach,” Kindiki said, calling on Kenyans to support these efforts.
Such a strategy mirrors the administration’s vision to steer Kenya to the path of economic revolution in terms of domestic and export markets as well as digitization of innovation and public sector projects.