Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has flagged off a cohort of Kenyan workers heading to Qatar.
Kindiki flagged off the Kenyan workers on Wednesday, December 11, 2024, as he closed the Jamhuri National Job Fair at the Kenyatta International Convention Center (KICC), COMESA grounds.
The second in command also launched the Global Labour Market Strategy and the National Strategy on skills for labour mobility.
“Honoured to officially close the Jamhuri National Job Fair and launch the Global Labour Market Strategy and the National Strategy on skills for labour mobility at the COMESA Grounds, KICC, Nairobi and flagged off the cohort of Kenyan workers heading to Qatar,” Kindiki stated.
The event was attended by Cabinet Secretary for Labour and Social Protection Alfred Mutua, Principal Secretaries; Shadrack Mwadime (Labour), Roseline Njogu (Diaspora Affairs) and Esther Muoria (Technical, Vocational Education and Training), diplomats and senior Government officials.
Kindiki on online jobs
Kindiki further stated that the government job creation strategy is structured like the proverbial three-legged stool; Kazi kwa Ground, Kazi Majuu and Kazi Mtandaoni, which he says will ensure that the jobs are created locally.
“The Government job creation strategy is structured like the proverbial three-legged stool; Kazi kwa Ground, Kazi Majuu and Kazi Mtandaoni. This approach ensures that jobs are created locally even as we actively engage in creating jobs online, and establishing an overseas workforce through the labour mobility program,” Kindiki said.
“To meet this aspiration, the Government recognises the need for structuring our training to meet the local demand for skilled and semi-skilled professionals, and the international market through labour mobility.”
Kindiki also assured that the implementation of the job creation promise by the Kenya Kwanza Administration is underway.
He stated that the President William Ruto-led administration is focusing on vocational and technical education as a core strategic agenda to make the Kenyan youth are not just employable but thrive in an increasingly competitive global market.
“The Government is focusing on vocational and technical education as a core strategic agenda to make our youth are not just employable but thrive in an increasingly competitive global market. The success stories achieved so far in this space, are living proof of what is possible when talent meets opportunity. Implementation of the job creation promise by the Kenya Kwanza Administration is underway. In less than two years, the Government has recruited and deployed 76,000 teachers and thousands of youths have been absorbed in the security agencies,” Kindiki stated.
KICC, NAIROBI CITY COUNTY, KENYA
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2024The Government job creation strategy is structured like the proverbial three-legged stool; Kazi kwa Ground, Kazi Majuu and Kazi Mtandaoni. This approach ensures that jobs are created locally even as we actively… pic.twitter.com/OHFxvM4Gjd
— Kithure Kindiki (@KindikiKithure) December 11, 2024
Mutua had earlier on announced that the recruitment process for Kenyans seeking employment in Qatar was nearing completion.
In an update shared on Friday, November 29, 2024, via his X account, Mutua revealed that the documentation and contracts for candidates who successfully secured jobs had been finalized.
He also shared a list of the qualified candidates.
“The processing of documents and contracts for candidates hired during the Qatar recruitment drive is progressing well, and departures are approaching,” he said.
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